TopNews United States The Post’s ‘monumental’ ethical lapse Washington Examiner The Washington Post’s plan for lobbyist-sponsored, off-the-record meetings with high-level government officials was “an ethical lapse of monumental proportions,” Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander wrote in a Post op-ed Sunday. The newspaper’s publisher … Washington Post apologizes for ‘ethical lapse’ TopNews United States SmarTrend(R) News Watch: Washington Post Ombudsman Scathingly …

For most folks on the left, consuming political opinion polling data has been a much less enjoyable exercise in 2009 than it has been for the past few cycles. Call it the soft bigotry of high expectations–when you win everything not nailed down for four consecutive years, you begin to experience a deep sense of dread with every race where a double-digit lead is not present. Being down in a race brings nothing short of absolute panic.

Mortgage lenders abandon foreclosures , too expensive Daily Kos Mortgage lenders have made a calculated decision to abandon completing the foreclosure process because it is too expensive. For years, lenders complained … ‘Walkaway’ properties quickly deteriorate, dragging down borrowers … Milwaukee Journal Sentinel all 2 news articles »