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Obama Scoffs at McCain Economic Panel (NY Times)
Senator Barack Obama scoffed at a proposal offered Tuesday by Senator John McCain to create a commission to study the turmoil in the nation’s financial markets, declaring: “We know how we got into this mess.” (read more)

McCain doesn’t know what his own committee does (Think Progress)
“I understand the economy. I was chairman of the Commerce Committee that oversights every part of our economy,” McCain told CNBC’s Squawk Box...But, as the Washington Post points out, the Commerce Committee doesn’t oversee “every part of our economy,” let alone “the very areas now in crisis“ (read more)

Fiorina: I Received Only A $21 Million Severance Package — Not $42 Million (Think Progress)
Fiorina is technically right. She didn’t get a $40 million plus “severance.” She left HP with only a $21 million severance. But she also walked away with an additional $21 million in stock options and pension benefits, as the New York Times reported in 2005. (read more)