On Sunday of this past week Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself to Bank America, on Monday Lehman Brothers, a venerable major Wall Street investment bank, went into the largest bankruptcy in American history..

The stock market tanks...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s threat to veto the spending plan passed by the California Legislature, as well as hundreds of unrelated bills if the lawmakers override that veto, added a new intensity Wednesday to a battle in which the state has now gone without a budget for 79 days...

The contention is not that the media shouldn’t investigate Palin, but whether they are doing it in the manner, spirit, and level of intensity that they likewise explore Biden (and Obama)...