* Here is a nice picture of Sen. Norm Coleman (MN-R) and his buddy:
They look sooooooo cute together.
> Meanwhile, the economy has slipped more into the great abyss. Reuters:
Consumer prices shot up in July at the fastest annual pace in 17 years, underscoring the pressure on Americans who face soaring gasoline and food costs while their job prospects dim and incomes shrink.....
....The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index, the most commonly used inflation gauge, rose 0.8 percent in July and year-over-year jumped 5.6 percent, its strongest yearly advance since January 1991 when the first Gulf War was under way.....
....The Labor Department issued figures on real earnings that showed the toll rising prices were taking on consumers. Average hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, fell at a 2.5 percent year-over-year rate in July, the biggest drop since late 1980....
I guess this is just more of the George W. Bush legacy. The bad news is that McCain likes W's economic policies.
