Daily Kos

In a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, Barack Obama is crushing John McCain, 54 percent to 35 percent, when it comes to voters’ most important issue, the economy, writes DemFromCT. Obama leads McCain, 51 percent to 39 percent, among all registered voters, which is the more reliable poll number this early in the election season than the one for likely voters, DemFromCT notes. The foreclosures of expensive homes, churches and office buildings are evidence that the mortgage crisis isn’t just the fault of personal irresponsibility by property owners, writes MissLaura, who notes that the Federal Reserve has instituted new rules to help restrict shady lending practices.