The American economy grew faster in the third quarter this year than previously estimated, but that bit of encouraging news was overshadowed by a grim new forecast from the Federal Reserve that predicted unemployment would remain at about 9% next year and stay high for years to come.

The pessimistic long-term outlook underscored the possibility that the United States — after years of good times that cast a rosy glow over the American dream and raised personal expectations for the future — may now be headed for a grayer, more financially constricted decade or more.
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If unemployment stays above 9 %, Obama is toast in 2012

On Glenn Beck's show earlier today, Sarah Palin accidentally said North Korea when she meant South Korea:

CO-HOST: How would you handle a situation like the one that just developed in North Korea? […]

PALIN: But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies. We’re bound to by treaty –

CO-HOST: South Korean.

PALIN: Eh, Yeah. And we’re also bound by prudence to stand with our South Korean allies, yes.

Some of Palin's usual antagonists are going nuts over this slip of the tongue, but they don't point out that she correctly identified North Korea as our enemy literally 8 seconds before the mix-up: "We're not having a lot of faith the White House is going to come out with a strong enough policy to sanction what it is that North Korea is going to do."
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Typical of the LEFT

If the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Barack Obama would have his work cut out for him. 48% of registered voters nationwide report they plan to definitely vote against Mr. Obama while 36% say they will definitely vote for him. 16% are undecided.
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Let's wait and see what his numbers are in 6 months

The haters rested easy and the world was safe again for televised dance competitions Tuesday as Bristol Palin finished third on "Dancing With the Stars," heading off dire predictions by the likes of Joy Behar and bajillions of hysterical online commenters about what might happen if Sarah Palin's daughter dared to succeed.

Best quote: "Going out there and winning this would mean a lot. It would be like a big middle finger out there to all the people out there who hate my mom and hate me."
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Congrats Bristol!

HarperCollins settled a lawsuit Tuesday night with Gawker Media over the site's publication of leaked images from Sarah Palin's new book, "America by Heart."

Gawker posted the Palin excerpts on Friday and even mocked the author's displeasure at having parts of the book online four days before it hit shelves. HarperCollins quickly swung back with a lawsuit, claiming copyright infringement. And by Saturday afternoon, a Manhattan judge had ordered Gawker to pull the pages pending a Nov. 30 hearing.

But before that hearing could take place, the two sides reached a settlement.
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Glad they filed suit against Gawker who are left wing nutters

Dumb liberal op-ed pieces are legion, and generally we let them pass in silence. But this one by Richard Cohen in the Washington Post is such a howler that it deserves comment. Cohen's theme is that Sarah Palin is ignorant; the evidence is her criticism of Michelle Obama's famous observation, in connection with her husband's Presidential nomination, that "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country…."
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Read it all – about the anti-Palin rants