Terror in Mumbai, the collapse of Seattle banking and an update on the new Obama cabinet. Links Mentioned: A timeline of the Mumbai carnage … SAM and WaMu … some early warning signs of trouble at the Seattle bank … Obama’s new Labor secretary?

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Obama’s cabinet takes shape, international finance explained (finally!), and the proposed auto industry bailout. Links Mentioned: Romney on the bailout … Sorkin on Chapter 11 for GM

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Obama staffs up, Detroit comes to DC and finally, Iraq and the US come to a security agreement. Links Mentioned: Iraq SOFA … pros and cons of a bailout.

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The Obama era begins. Get our reactions to the local and national races that matter. Links Mentioned: High-speed rail in California … Friedman declares the end of the civil war … Obama as LBJ’s legacy.

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Thoughts on the eve of the election. Links Mentioned: Brooks on infrastructure … NYT Mag on McCain … Krugman on liquidity.

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Sarah Palin’s snazzy new duds, Al-Qaeda’s candidate, and finally: the issues around Washington’s “Death with Dignity” initiative. Links Mentioned: I-1000 text … my earlier post on the subject … Palin gets made up … NYT electoral map as op-ed … Kristof on the A-Q “endorsement” of McCain.

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Colin Powell gets his groove back, bankers gets antsy and we debate … musical theater?! Links Mentioned: Andrew Lahde in the Financial Times … Biden does Tacoma … Spring Awakening in Seattle.

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The Presidential campaign gets nasty while the banking crisis goes international. Links Mentioned: The coveted Buckley endorsement … and the Brooks non-endorsement … the European banking bailout vs. the U.S. bailout redux … Frank Rich … GM and Chrysler get cozy.

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Biden and Palin square off while international intrigue heats up in Africa and the Middle East. Links Mentioned: Africom … Frank Rich on Palin …

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Obama and McCain square off, while Wall Street gets bailed out. Links Mentioned: the bailout is underway … examining the Swedish alternative

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McCain loses the message, Bush turns into a socialist, and finally: our interantional news roundup. Links Mentioned: Mallaby’s ideas on the bailout … Krugman pushes back … the WSJ’s timeline of events … a banker tells his story … the FT blames Greenspan … attacks in Pakistan … Mbeki out … Olmert out

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Drill, Baby, Drill (in more ways than one), Lehman Brothers goes belly-up, and finally, our outdated transportation infrastructure finally catches up with us.

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The Republican Convention, Fannie and Freddie go bust, and finally, our international news roundup. Links Mentioned: Europeans try to placate the Russians … details on the bail-out … a brief history of Fannie and Freddie … Mark Schmitt on Obama’s high-risk, high-reward strategy … Biden tears it up on the trail.

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Democrats in Denver, Republicans in St. Paul, and Iraqis in Anbar. Links Mentioned: Robert Caro on Obama … Americans hand over Anbar … John Kerry’s surprisingly good convention speech … Sarah Palin’s governing problems

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Obama and McCain get ready for the conventions, news from Georgia, Russia and Pakistan, the wages of the War on Drugs, and finally, WA’s Governors race gets ugly. Links Mentioned: The case for not surging in Afghanistan … that drug “bust.”

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