Ideapad

The best and brightest in the conservative movement are shying away from its own candidate. Christopher Buckley: "I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets. ... Obama has in him the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for. ... And so, for the first time in my life, I’ll be pulling the Democratic lever in November."

Right or wrong, herein lies the reason "Main Street" disdains "Wall Street" and got the House to symbolically reject the initial bailout proposal. (For reality-check purposes, remember that median American household income is just over $50,000.)

Countries whose web-savvy populace is behind McCain: Georgia, Moldova, Macedonia. Those supporting Obama: everyone else. This really may be a tipping point between America's global prominence or a cessation of leadership

The article notes it's not unprecedented, but it's still blowing my mind