News Round-Up

by: Matt Stoller

Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 12:21

The Next Michael Brown?: Marcy Gordon has a good article in the San Jose Mercury News James Lockhart, the regulator at the heart of the mortgage meltdown, but I'm an old sentimentalist for Jim Cramer, so I'll turn to him.  Lockhart thinks the free market will take care of this liquidity crisis, apparently.

Republicans on Youtube:  The GOP field is going to do the youtube debate.  It's amazing how this debate has displaced the 'Tim Russert' and 'Bob Shrum' primaries.  Yes, those actually existed.

Rove Gone or Just at a New Email Address?: Simon Rosenberg is remembering Rove as a massive failure, while historian Rick Perlstein says this could be a simple Nixonian change of address.  And here's Pat Leahy:

The list of senior White House and Justice Department officials who have resigned during the course of these congressional investigations continues to grow, and today, Mr. Rove added his name to that list.  There is a cloud over this White House, and a gathering storm. A similar cloud envelopes Mr. Rove, even as he leaves the White House.

Profile of Senate candidate Steve Marchand in NH:  I met Steve at YearlyKos, and he told me that he may not drop out even if Shaheen jumps in.  That's a change.  Here's a good profile of Marchand.