More dumb polling

So, in the WaPo's latest poll of low-income workers, I was surprised to read this fact:

Nearly six in 10 white and black workers said they think undocumented workers take jobs away from those here legally; seven in 10 Hispanics disagreed. (Nearly half of the Hispanic workers interviewed in this poll are not U.S. citizens.)

Note to the WaPo: non-citizens can't vote.

Where is the gift?

Apparently one of the campaign aides left Sen. Obama's birthday present in the trunk of a cab. You know they feel bad right now! I hope they get it back in time for the big birthday bash in Boston.

Dept of Weird

Did you know that Bob and Liddy Dole were neighbors of Monica Lewinsky, and actually bought her apartment?

Why do I bother?

I knew going into it that I was going to disagree with George F. Will. (sigh) And I do disagree with just about everything, but this was particularly wrong-headed:

Surely this fact is related to anxieties about his thin résumé regarding national security matters, the thinnest of any major party nominee since Wendell Willkie in 1940.

NO! George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan all had zero national security experience. ZERO. Sen. Obama sits on the Senate Foreign Relations committee and has for four years. That's about four years more than any of the people.

Waste of money

I'd be pissed too if John McCain took my contributions and spent it to insult my daughter.

Economics

Most people who come from an Economics background, like I do, are very pro-trade, etc. My economics lessons were always tempered by one International Trade Professor who stated: "Never forget, that while we benefit from free trade, every union worker who loses their job loses $100,000 of lifetime income."

It's so easy to forget that these are real people, and not just dots on a graph and I'm happy to see the Democrats listen to the real people.

Bob Herbert

Bob Herbert writes a perfect column. Read it.