An Obama economic panic?

MARKETS FEAR HIS POLICIES

...while the polls are reflecting Obama's steady hand, the markets haven't. In fact, they're getting worse by the day as Obama's lead widens.

Most investors know the devil is in the details - and the details of Obama's economic plans are anything but reassuring.

...Just how low can the markets and economy go?

It could be a lot lower - it all depends on the policies of the next president.

And, as it looks increasingly likely that Obama will be that man, the markets are casting a vote of "no confidence."

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Obama hindered by sudden drop in fundraising

PITTSBURGH... Ashley Todd, 20, of College Station, Texas, was using an ATM at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street in Bloomfield just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when a man approached her, put a knife to her throat and demanded $60, police said.

Todd handed the man $60 she had in her pocket and stepped away from him, investigators said. The man then noticed the bumper sticker on the woman's car, which was parked in front of the ATM. The man became very angry, made comments to Todd about John McCain and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, police said.

"He continued to kick and punch her repeatedly and said he would teach her a lesson for supporting John McCain," said police Chief Nate Harper.

The man then carved the "B" into Todd's right cheek.

Twice last weekend, Biden grimly warned at closed-door meetings that a great crisis is coming early in the term of President Obama.

"Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. ...Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said ... we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

Had John McCain made that hair-raising statement, he would have been accused of fear mongering about a new 9/11. The media would have run with the story rather than have smothered it.

Can one imagine "Saturday Night Live" doing weekly send-ups of Michelle Obama and her "I've never been proud" of my country, this "just downright mean" America, using a black comedienne to mimic and mock her voice and accent?

"Saturday Night Live" would be facing hate-crime charges...

Confirming the obvious:
Study says media portrays McCain in 'substantially negative" light
compared to Obama

The Project for Excellence in Journalism looks at the coverage of the two presidential candidates since the conventions and concludes "The media coverage of the race for president has not so much cast Barack Obama in a favorable light as it has portrayed John McCain in a substantially negative one...coverage of McCain has been heavily unfavorable—and has become more so over time."...

Obama does not regret "spread the wealth" comment