Money, Coworkers Disappear From Earth
Why good morning, America! "Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October. ...Retail sales fell by 2.8 percent last month, surpassing the old mark of a 2.65 percent drop in November 2001 in the wake of the terrorist attacks that year." [ WP ]
The auto industry bailout doesn't look like it will get through during a lame-duck session of Congress. [ NYT ]
Hillary Clinton is high on Obama's list for Secretary of State, meaning John Kerry will be a loser again. [ Politico ]
Democrats are getting slaphappy again over the possibility of 60 seats and a "filibuster-proof" majority in the Senate. They just have to defeat a convicted felon, a Confederate colonel, and, uh, Norm Coleman. [ Politico ]
Bill Ayers talks to Good Morning America, bombs Diane Sawyer. [ ABC News ]
Wonkette welfare queens Sara K. Smith and Ken Layne both take day off; Jim Newell forced to wake up early and write constantly for like 20,000 hours. [ Ron Paul Forums ]