A choice comment from a New York Times reader:
If the government owns 80% of AIG, simply have the owners order management not to pay these bonuses.
Anyone who feels damaged by not receiving a bonus would be free to sue and have the issue decided by a jury selected from the general population.
Anyone have any idea how the little scrolling “Audience Reaction” is measured? CNN has one trendline for independents, republicans, and democrats, and I’m not sure where they’re getting those numbers.
Update 1: Dennis left a comment with this CNN link which gives a partial answer: “Voters watch the debate from Columbus, Ohio, and give their reaction to the responses in real-time.” But how this is done is not clear; nor is it stated how they gauge who is republican, democratic, or independent (presumably self-identification).
Update 2: Ernanio points out “They have a bunch of potential voters from OHIO seated in a room with a dial thingamaging on their hands that when rotated can go from 0 – 100 to show how much they are liking the candidates intervention.”
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White House now streaming State of the Union live over the Internet
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Up until tonight, if you wanted to watch a State of the Union (typically just called a ‘Presidential Address’ during the President’s first term), you had to do it via television. If you got your TV over the air, this meant selecting among the NBC/ABC/CBS affiliates in your area, with their respective commentators. If you got your TV over cable, this meant selecting among CNN/MSNBC/Fox News, each of which adds tons of spin (CNN mostly spins about its own importance, while MSNBC and Fox News color things with a biased, politicized brush).
Tonight, for the first time, you can watch the President’s address directly from http://www.whitehouse.gov/ . Now, the only spin will be that coming from the President’s mouth. Love him or hate him, won’t it be nice to praise (or spit fire at) him directly, without the filter of some overexcited, hyperanalytic commentator?
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