Quotes of the day

Sen. Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed.--John McCain

Now our opponent's campaign is claiming for the first time Barack Obama wasn't aware of Ayers' radical background. He didn't know he launched own political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist? What's next, claiming he didn't know that two of his biggest supporters were running Fannie Mae? ... Maybe he just thought they were just guys in his Washington neighborhood.--Sarah Palin

Bless your heart, sir. My son is over in Iraq fighting for your right to protest.--Sarah Palin, to heckler

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For example, the survey asked, "What poses the greatest threat to your own economic situation?" The runaway winner was "higher taxes," which 50% cited as their first or second biggest worry. "The low value of the dollar abroad" was runner-up, picked first or second by 30% of respondents. The "housing market collapse" clocked in at third, with 25%, the federal budget deficit and debt next at 20%, and "corporate fraud and abuse" at 17%.

Perhaps this explains why all that pounding by John McCain and Sarah Palin about corruption on Wall Street hasn't done much for their standing in the polls. Perhaps this also explains why Barack Obama is at such pains to conceal his plans to raise taxes.--WSJ Editorial Board