http://www.hedgehogreport.com @ davidwissing.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:10:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Obama administration has released an Irainian with American blood on his hands for the bodies of 2 dead Brits. Ace has the story here... ace.mu.nu/ A brief excerpt is here... The Obama administration has not only released Laith Qazali, it has been in negotiations to release his brother, Qais Qazali, as well. ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9610 Today there   was another dismal unemployment report .  Not to sound like a broken record but I see unemployment rising to around  10.5% by early next year and then it may  plateau at that level or drop just a bit.  I see a tepid recovery and one reason for that ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9609 here is a clean slate... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9608 talk about anything you want... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9607 We get another poll for the gubernatorial race in New Jersey from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In this poll, Christie holds a 6% lead over Corzine.GOVERNOR - NEW JERSEY (FDU) Chris Christie (R) 45% Jon Corzine (D-inc) 39%This is the first poll in the month of June that Christie did not ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9606 I guess after years of seeing headlines during the Bush 43 era I should be jaded by now.  I remember headlines like "Inflation up .2% in March and investors are fearful for the future".  Or "200,000 jobs are created in April but layoffs loom".  It seemed that folks at the ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9605 Well matters are pretty settled in Minnesota as the Supreme court has ruled for Al Franken.  What a bad joke this is http://www.startribune.com/ Coleman has conceded and Pawlenty is signing the certificate so more bad news on the doorstep.   I am too tired to relive the Franken/Coleman saga as of right now.  ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9603 New poll numbers for the fight to replace Judd Gregg in the United States Senate from American Research Group.US SENATE - NEW HAMPSHIRE (ARG) Paul Hodes (D) 40% John Sununu (R) 34%This is identical to the 6% margin Hodes had in poll done by ARG in March. This poll was done ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9602 As expected, Public Policy Polling released their latest poll for the race in new Jersey and it shows what many other polls have shown, a solid lead for Republican Chris Christie.GOVERNOR - NEW JERSEY (PPP) Chris Christie (R) 51% Jon Corzine (D-inc) 41% His lead among Independents is a ridiculous 60%-26%. ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9601 More data from that Mason-Dixon poll from yesterday for the state of Florida. This time we have numbers for the gubernatorial race.GOVERNOR - FLORIDA (Mason-Dixon) Bill McCollum (R) 41% Alex Sink (D) 35% Alex Sink (D) 43% Paula Dockery (R) 18%Paula Dockery is a State Senator in case you had no idea...like ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9600 Republicans held the Governor's seat in Massachusetts for a number of years prior to Democrat Deval Patrick winning in 2006. Patrick may have trouble keep it in Democratic hands if the latest poll from Scott Rasmussen is to be believed.GOVERNOR - MASSACHUSETTS (Rasmussen) Christy Mihos (R) 41% Deval Patrick ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9599 Charlie Crist and Kendrick are the frontrunners for their respective party nominations for the US Senate according to a new poll from Mason-Dixon Polling.US SENATE - FLORIDA - GOP PRIMARY (Mason-Dixon) Charlie Crist 51% Marco Rubio 23% US SENATE - FLORIDA - DEM PRIMARY (Mason-Dixon) Kendrick Meek 27% Corrine Brown 12%In the General Election race, ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9598 I thought this day would never come.  I report for Jury Duty today.  I will be one of 300 or so folks in this week's jury pool.  Its a short week-Friday is a county holiday (3rd of July)- so nothing much should be going on this week.  Tennessee has eliminated nearly ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9597 The world is not exactly at peace but it seems to be quiet. Comments? UPDATE (9:28am by Dave W): A little humor I saw yesterday down in Annapolis.I was just as surprised when Obama posed for the photo too.... :) http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9596 Here's a man bites dog story.  The American Association of Retired People is cutting retirement benefits for its employees.  Story is here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/your-money/401ks-and-similar-plans/27money.html?ref=your-money So AARP is eliminating its 401K match for the next 9 months.  While this move may make business sense for the AARP it certainly makes my point about America ... http://www.hedgehogreport.com/?p=9595