Real Time Economics : Unemployment Rate by Metro Area – The following chart presents the December 2008 unemployment rates in 369 major metropolitan areas, as well as the change from 2007. The chart can be sorted by any of the lead columns. Some areas are aggregated across state lines. Source: Labor Department
Rush Limbaugh Loses a Popularity Contest – The Daily Beast – An October 24, 2008, poll conducted by the Democratic research firm Greenberg-Quinlan-Rosner has Rush Limbaugh enjoying a public approval rating of just 21 percent among likely voters, while 58 percent have “cold” feelings towards the right-wing radio talk show host. Limbaugh was the least popular of the all the political figures the firm polled. He polls seven points lower than Rev. Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright and eight points below former Weather Underground domestic terrorist William Ayers.
