Morning Whiskey - 11/17/2008 - 64 Days Left

NOTE: Don't miss the 60 Minutes video of Obama I posted last night...

[VETTING BILL] - NYTs - Showing that the talk of Hillary as Secretary of State is serious, the Obama team is vetting Bill Clinton's finances and business dealings. As the report says....Hillary wouldn't put herself through this if Obama wasn't serious or if she wasn't interested.
[NO CONCESSIONS] - The UAW rules out any concessions whatsoever to help Detroit. So why should we the tax payers help them?
[BAD WEEK AHEAD] - With results coming from Home Depot and with Congress debating the future of the auto industry, it is expected to be a bad week on Wall Street
[HOW LOW CAN THEY GO?] - Politico - How bad is it for the Republican party? It seems all they're banking on right now is an Obama failure....but they don't have the seats in Congress to make that happen.
[JAPAN] - The Japanese economy is in recession
[TEAM OF RIVALS] - WSJ - Obama and McCain will meet today. Does McCain want to be inside the working majority or outside casting stones? Since he isn't going to run for president again, and said so on Leno last week, I'm going he is more upset with the Republican party and how they dragged down his brand than he is with Obama.
[OPEC WOES] - Some good news here with regard to oil prices. Oil continues to fall even though the oil dictators in OPEC keep cutting output.
[RUDY] - Rudy Guiliani may run for New York governor
[HEALTHCARE] - NYTs - Is this Rahm Emanuel's brother? I think it is. They say in the family that he will be the most important brother because of his medical research. He does a 5 section outline of why Obama should 'think big' on healthcare.
[BALLSY] - Before the election, Obama sent letters to several federal employees explaining what he was going to do for each agency in great detail. Where does the money come from?
[BAILOUT ROADBLOCK] - Fox News - The Republicans in the White House and Congress are ready to stop any bailout to Detroit....why? Michigan votes Democratic.
[FAT NATION] - Fox News - Nation's fattest city doesn't care about said distinction.....There should be an obesity tax in healthcare, just like there should be a smoking tax, or a drinking tax. I shouldn't pay more for healthcare because you smoke or eat too much and can't take the stairs or walk more than 30 feet.
[NO EMAIL?] - NYTs - Because PEBO's records have to be kept and can be looked at, Obama will most likely give up email. Kind of hypocritical to make fun of McCain's ineptness with regard to computers and email when you won't use them in the White House because you're afraid people will read your conversations. Hopefully Obama doesn't go this route.
[OUT OF THE WILDERNESS] - NYTs - The Republican party argues about the way back to prominence...I don't think there is one unless Obama is wholly incompetent.
[WORLD LEADERS AGREE]

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