It's the Economy, STILL

Yesterday Barack held a panel discussion on the current state of the economy-- you can watch his opening remarks here. On the panel were governors of some of America's most swinging states as well as Eric Schmidt of Google and Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve Chair who also advises Obama on economic policy. Unfortunately I can't find video of the rest of the panel's remarks, but you can get an idea here.

Also Helene just sent along this terrific, passionate speech by the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka. It's from much earlier in the year, but it lays out beautifully why the labor movement should get behind Obama, and why racism should be irrelevant to this election.

And in the unfounded rumor Dept.: Will Barack be on Saturday Night Live again? C'mon, all the cool kids are doing it...I guess we get a whole uninterrupted half hour of him on October 29 (8 pm, set your Tivo) so we can't be too greedy.