With the exception of smart phones I got online this morning for the first time since mid-evening on Monday. If you’re reading TPM from other parts of the country, our New York office is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on the West side of the Island. That places us about 6 blocks below the virtual line below which electricity got knocked out in “Lower Manhattan.” I happen to live just a few blocks away. So we’ve been without electricity since. Read More
A sense of what President Obama will see when he tours New Jersey this afternoon. Take a look.
NYT/CBS: Obama up 5 points in Ohio, 2 points in Virginia, and 1 point in Florida.
Franklin & Marshall College: Obama up 4 points in Pennsylvania.
With even the auto companies calling BS on Mitt’s TV ad on the auto bailout, a quick primer on the old campaign issues that are suddenly new again.
Photos from the devastating fire Monday night in Breezy Point, Queens. Read More
TPM’s New York City headquarters is located in Chelsea and lost power Monday night like most of the rest of lower Manhattan. The latest word was that we’re still without power there. Fortunately, the servers and equipment that keep the site running are not located in New York City, so the site has stayed up the whole time. Read More
Just a quick note to let everyone know that both members of the TPMPrime team are in parts of New York currently without electricity (that’s including me). Prime remains open but we’ll have a hard time keeping up with help email at least through today. We do think we’ll be able to go ahead with tomorrow afternoon’s Live Chat with Stan Greenberg on schedule.