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The sell-off continues. People laugh when I call this is the Obama-effect, but I really think it is. Professional investors don’t know what the capital gains tax is going to be next year and are likely sitting on the sidelines instead of jumping in to buy up below-cost stocks.

Obama is quickly becoming big business. They’re selling Obama gear at Walgreens. How long is it before they start doing an Obama tour of Chicago.

John Kass writes this morning about a middle school student bold enough to where a “McCain Girl” t-shirt to school as an experiment in tolerance. Needless to say it didn’t go over too well.
One student suggested that she be put up on a cross for her political beliefs. “He said, ‘You should be crucifixed.’ It [...]

E.J. Dionne is suggesting in his latest column, that instead of governing from the middle Obama should declare his election and ideological victory and govern “boldly:”
Obama’s situation closely resembles Reagan’s. Like our 40th president, Obama has been authorized to move in a new direction. If Reagan had the voters’ permission to move away from strategies [...]

I get it, I kept asking myself what Barack Obama meant by “change.” I asked his supported, but couldn’t get a very clear answer. What I didn’t realize is that Obama is change. He said so last night:
It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, [...]

The Barack Obama Campaign has been a youth (dare I say adolescent) campaign from day one. The grandiosity and naivety of Obama’s rhetoric reflects that of a sixteen-year-old in the thralls of idealism, wanting desperately to “change the world.” Obama speaks both to the passionate youth determined to show his parents how in touch and [...]

For whatever reason, friends and family seem to want to know what I think will happen tomorrow. My opinion is not especially valuable, given that the American electorate is thoughtful, wise and prudent and will decide this election how they will.
But for what it’s worth. I think Obama will be McCain by 4 to 6 [...]

This letter appeared in the Tribune’s Voice of the People Wednesday:
On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama; I need the money.” I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an “Obama 08″ tie. Again I laughed. Just imagine the coincidence. When the bill [...]

I was going to post on this anyway this morning. BarackObama has posted a clever little “tax cut calculator” on his website. Just enter in your tax bracket, answer a few questions and voila! It tells you how much money you will get back in a “cut.” Of course, this still doesn’t explain how people [...]