Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Ratings 12/31/08

Ratings For Tuesday 12/30/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (333)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (386)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight (276)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (526)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (382)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (350)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (329)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (266)
Prime FOX NEWS (382)

Stocks 12/31/08

DOW Up 108.00 Up 1.25% to 8776.39
NASDAQ Up 26.33 Up 1.70% to 1577.03
S&P 500 Up 12.61 Up 1.42% to 903.25
OIL Up $5.57 Up 14.2o% to $44.60

My Stocks Up $2357.53 Up 1.08% to $221,178.03
Johns Stocks Up 2624.40 Up 1.16% to $228,999.02
FORD $2.29 NO CHANGE
GM DOWN $0.60 to $3.20

Sports 12/30/08

Detroit Redwings 4 Chicago Blackhawks 0 NOW 24-7-5
College Basketball UPSETS:
Arkansas 96 (4) Oklahoma 88
Illinois 71 (11) Purdue 67
Bowl Games:
Maryland (8-5) 42 Nevada (7-6) 35 - ROADY'S HUMANITARIAN BOWL
Rice (10-3) 38 Western Michigan (9-4) 14 - TEXAS BOWL
UPSET:
(17) Oregon (10-3) 42 (13) Oklahoma State (9-4) 31 - PACIFIC LIFE HOLIDAY BOWL

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Stocks 12/30/08

DOW Up 184.46 Up 2.17% to 8668.39
NASDAQ Up 40.38 Up 2.67% to 1550.70
S&P 500 Up 21.22 Up 2.44% to 890.64
OIL DOWN $0.99 to $39.03

My Stocks Up $4563.62 Up 2.13% to $218,820.52 
Johns Stocks Up $4774.88 Up 2.15% to $226,374.61
GM Up $0.20 to $3.80
FORD Up $0.07 to $2.29

Ratings 12/30/08 Pt.3

Ratings for Monday 12/29/08:
5p The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (219)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (232)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (318)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (480)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (428)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (446)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (380)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (256)
Prime FOX NEWS (386)

Ratings 12/30/08 Pt.2

Ratings for Sunday 12/28/08:
5p MSNBC Meet The Press (168)
6p MSNBC Special Investigations (194)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (331)
8p MSNBC Reports (344)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (565)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (340)
11p MSNBC Reports (269)
Total-Day MSNBC (217)
Prime MSNBC (416)

Ratings 12/30/08 Pt.2

Ratings for Saturday 12/27/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (215)
6p FOX NEWS Beltway Boys (159) / MSNBC Special Investigations (156)
7p FOX NEWS Report Saturday (182)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (252)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (294)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (306)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (338)
Total Day MSNBC (223)
Prime MSNBC (284)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Sports 12/29/08

Detroit Pistons 88 Orlando Magic 82 NOW 18-11
Phoenix Suns 110 Oklahoma City Thunder 102 NOW 3-29
(24) Michigan Wolverines 77 North Carolina Central 57 NOW 10-2 
College Baskettball Upsets:
(8) Georgetown 74 (2) Connecticut 63
BOWL GAMES TODAY:
Rutgers (8-5) 29 North Carolina State (6-7) 23 - PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL
(21) Missouri (10-4) 30 (23) Northwestern (9-4) 23 in OT - VALERO ALAMO BOWL

Stocks 12/29/08

DOW DOWN 31.62 DOWN 0.37% to 8483.93
NASDAQ DOWN 19.92 DOWN 1.30% to 1510.32
S&P 500 DOWN 3.38 DOWN 0.39% to 869.42
OIL Up $2.31 to $40.02

My Stocks DOWN $547.04 DOWN 0.25% to $214,256.91
Johns Stocks DOWN $1259.98 DOWN 0.57% to $221,599.73
GM DOWN $0.06 to $3.60
FORD DOWN $0.07 to $2.22

Ratings 12/29/08 Pt.4

Ratings For Friday 12/26/08:
5p MSNBC Investigates (277)
6p MSNBC Investigates (340)
7p MSNBC Investigates (282)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (402)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity's America (281)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (322)
11p MSNBC Investigates (304)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (212)
Prime HEADLINE NEWS (298)

Ratings 12/29/08 Pt.3

Ratings For Thursday 12/25/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (145)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (128)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight (235)
8p CNN Campbell Brown: No Bias No Bull (383)
9p CNN Larry King Live (275)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (241)
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (284)
Total-Day CNN (191)
Prime CNN (300)

Ratings 12/29/08 Pt.2

Ratings For Wednesday 12/24/08:
5p CNN The Obamas (269)
6p CNN Transition (271)
7p CNN Obama Revealed (354)
8p CNN Obama Revealed (354)
9p CNN Larry King Live (213)
10p CNN Presents (191)
11p CNN Presents (191)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (208)
Prime CNN (266)

Ratings 12/29/08 Pt.1

Ratings For Tuesday 12/23/08:
5p The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (266)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (329)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (343)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (573)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (350)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (339)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (328)
Total-Day CNN (287)
Prime FOX NEWS (383)

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Sports 12/28/08

BOWL GAMES TODAY: Louisiana Tech (8-5) 17 Northern Illinois (6-7) 10 - INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Sports 12/27/08

Washington Wizards 104 Oklahoma City Thunder 95 NOW 3-28
Detroit Pistons 87 Milwaukee Bucks 76 NOW 17-11
Colorado Avalanche 4 Detroit Redwings 3 NOW 23-8-4
(18) Michigan State Basketball 82 Oakland (MI) 66
COLLEGE BASKETBALL UPSETS:
West Virginia 76 (13) Ohio State 48
BOWL GAMES:
West Virginia 31 North Carolina 30 - MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL
Florida State 42 Wisconsin 13 - CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL
California 24 Miami (FL) 17 - EMERALD BOWL

Sports 12/26/08

Detroit Pistons 90 NOW 16-11 Oklahoma City Thunder 88 NOW 3-27
Nashville Predators 3 Detroit Redwings 2 NOW 23-7-4
BOWL GAME:
Florida Atlantic (7-6) 24 Central Michigan (8-5) 21 - MOTOR CITY BOWL

Friday, December 26, 2008

Sports 12/25/08

NO GAMES TODAY

Stocks 12/26/08

DOW Up 47.07 Up 0.56% to 8515.55
NASDAQ Up 5.34 Up 0.35% to 1530.24
S&P 500 Up 4.65 Up 0.54% to 872.80
OIL Up $2.36 Up 6.68% to $37.71

My Stocks Up $803.68 Up 0.38% to $214,803.92
Johns Stocks Up $2982.66 Up 1.35% to $223,195.72
GM Up $0.41 to $3.66
FORD Up $0.18 to $2.29

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Sports 12/24/08:

Detroit Pistons 104 Chicago Bulls 98 12-23-08 NOW 15-11
Atlanta Hawks 99 Oklahoma City Thunder 88 12-23-08 NOW 3-26
(24) Michigan 76 Florida Gulf Coast 59 Now 9-2 
Bowl Game:
Notre Dame (7-6) 49 Hawaii (7-7) 21 - Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
(11) TCU 17 (9) Boise State 16 - San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl 12-23-08
College Basketball Upsets:
Portland State 77 (10) Gonzaga 70 12/23/08
Butler 74 (12) Xavier 65 12/23/08

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Stocks 12/24/08

Stocks closed at 1pm EST
DOW Up 48.99 Up 0.58% to 8468.48
NASDAQ Up 3.36 Up 0.22% to 1524.90
S&P 500 Up 4.99 Up 0.58% to 868.15
OIL DOWN $3.63 DOWN 9.31% to $35.35

My Stocks Up 501.33 Up 0.23% to $214,000.23
Johns Stocks Up $1486.76 Up 0.68% to $220,213.05
GM Up $0.25 to $3.25
FORD DOWN $0.08 to $2.11

Ratings 12/24/08 Pt.4

Ratings For Monday 12/22/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (232)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (290)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (325)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (716)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (352)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (459)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (271)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (266)
Prime HEADLINE NEWS (448)

Ratings 12/24/08 Pt.3

Ratings For Sunday 12/21/08:
5p MSNBC Special Investigations (258)
6p FOX NEWS Sunday (208)
7p MSNBC Dateline (271)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (253)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (264)
10p MSNBC Deadline (460)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (351)
Total-Day MSNBC (224)
Prime MSNBC (326)

Ratings 12/24/08 Pt.2

Ratings For Saturday 12/20/08:
5p MSNBC Special Investigations (266)
6p MSNBC Dateline (402)
7p  MSNBC Special Investigations (343)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (260)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (235)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (261) 
11p MSNBC Dateline (449) 
Total-Day MSNBC (250)
Prime MSNBC (252)

Ratings 12/24/08 Pt.1

Ratings For Friday 12/19/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (292)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (323)
7p HEADLINE NEWS Velez-Mitchell (417)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (796)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (420)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (389)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (411)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (284)
Prime FOX NEWS (445)

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Sports 12/21/08

Atlanta Hawks 85 Detroit Pistons 78 NOW 14-11
Cleveland Cavaliers 102 Oklahoma City Thunder 91 NOW 3-25
New Orleans Saints 42 Detroit Lions 7 NOW 0-15
BOWL GAMES:
Southern Miss Vs. Troy - R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Sports 12/20/08

Detroit Red Wings 6 Los Angeles Kings 4 NOW 22-6-4
(22) Michigan State 67 (5) Texas 63 NOW 8-2
Michigan 89 Oakland (MI) 76 NOW 8-2
College Basketball Upsets:
Minnesota 70 (9) Louisville 64
College Football Upsets:
Arizona (8-5) 31 (16) Brigham Young (10-3) 21 - Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
Other College Football Bowl Games:
Wake Forest (8-5) 29 Navy (8-5) 19 - Eaglebank Bowl
Colorado State (7-6) 40 Fresno State (7-6) 35 - New Mexico Bowl
South Florida (8-5) 41 Memphis (6-7) 14 MagicJack St. Petersburg Bowl




Sports 12/19/08

Oklahoma City Thunder 91 Toronto Raptors 83 NOW 3-24
Utah Jazz 120 Detroit Pistons 114 NOW 14-10

Friday, December 19, 2008

Stocks 12/19/08

DOW DOWN 25.88 DOWN 0.30% to 8579.11
NASDAQ Up 11.95 Up 0.77% to 1564.32
S&P 500 Up 2.60 Up 0.29% to 887.88
OIL DOWN $2.35 DOWN 6.49% to $33.87

Johns Stocks DOWN $83.62 DOWN 0.04% to $225,273.14
My Stocks Up $29.26 Up 0.01% to $218,846.66
GM Up $0.83 to $4.49
FORD Up $0.11 to $2.95

Ratings 12/19/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings For Thursday 12/18/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (229)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (311)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (412)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (645)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (529)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (427)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (452)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (279)
Prime FOX NEWS (488)

Sports 12/18/08

Detroit Redwings 6 San Jose Sharks 0 NOW 21-6-4

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Stocks 12/18/08

DOW DOWN 219.35 DOWN 2.49% to 8604.99
NASDAQ DOWN 26.94 DOWN 1.71% to 1552.37 
S&P 500 DOWN 19.14 DOWN 2.12% to 885.28
OIL DOWN $3.84 to $36.22

My Stocks DOWN $3641.03 DOWN 1.64% to $218,817.39 
Johns Stocks DOWN $5600.92 DOWN 2.43% to $225,356.75 
GM DOWN $0.71 to $3.66
FORD DOWN $0.30 to $2.84

Ratings 12/18/08

Ratings For Wednesday 12/17/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (270)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (321)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (373)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (791)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (599)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (547)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (541)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (304)
Prime FOX NEWS (566)

Sports 12/17/08

Detroit Pistons 88 Washington Wizards 74 NOW 14-9
(22) Michigan State 79 Citadel 65 NOW 7-2

Stocks 12/17/08

DOW DOWN 99.80 DOWN 1.12% to 8824.34
NASDAQ DOWN 10.58 DOWN 0.67% to 1579.31
S&P 500 DOWN 8.76 DOWN 0.96% to 904.42
OIL Closed at $40.06

My Stocks DOWN $1334.56 DOWN 0.60% to $222,458.44
Johns Stocks DOWN $67.76 DOWN 0.03% to $230,957.69
GM Up $0.12 to $4,37
FORD Up $0.01 to $3.14

Ratings 12/17/08

Ratings For Tuesday 12/16/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (350)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (379)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (364)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (682)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (502)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (490)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (403)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (319)
Prime FOX NEWS (528)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Sports 12/16/08

Los Angeles Clippers 98 Oklahoma City Thunder 88 NOW 2-24

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Stocks 12/16/08

DOW Up 359.61 Up 4.20% to 8924.14
NASDAQ Up 81.55 Up 5.41% to 1589.89
S&P 500 Up 44.61 Up 5.14% to 913.18
OIL DOWN $0.91 DOWN 2.04% to $43.60

John's Stocks Up $10,527.18 Up 4.77% to $231,025.44
My Stock's Up $9887.34 Up 4.62% to $223,793.00
GM Up $0.17 to $4.25
FORD DOWN $0.05 to $3.13

Ratings 12/16/08 Pt.3

Ratings For Monday 12/15/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (355)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (409)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (481)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (847)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (557)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (502)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (437)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (330)
Prime FOX NEWS (567)

Ratings 12/16/08 Pt.2

Ratings For Sunday 12/14/08:
5p MSNBC Special Investigations (207)
6p FOX NEWS Fox News Sunday (194)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report Sunday (261)
8p FOX NEWS Pay To Play (241)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity's  America (234)
10p CNN Newsroom (252)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (248)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (210)
Prime CNN (240)

Ratings 12/16/08 Pt.1

Ratings for Saturday 12/13/08:
5p MSNBC Special Investigations (263) 5-530 / FOX NEWS Jer? (271)
6p FOX NEWS Beltway Boys (270)/ Fox News Watch (248)
7p Fox Report Saturday (346)
8p MSNBC Dateline (322)
9p FOX NEWS Pay To Play (261)
10p FOX NEWS Geraldo At Large (362)
11p MSNBC Dateline (381)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (249)
Prime FOX NEWS (280)

Sports 12/15/08

Colorado Avalanche 3 Detroit RedWings 2 NOW 20-6-4
College Basketball UPSETS:
Cleveland State 72 (11) Syracuse 69

Stocks 12/15/08

DOW DOWN 65.15 DOWN 0.75% to 8564.53
NASDAQ DOWN 32.38 DOWN 2.1o% to 1508.34
S&P 500 DOWN 11.16 DOWN 1.27% to 868.57
OIL DOWN $1.77 DOWN 3.82% to $44.51

My Stocks DOWN $1780.44 DOWN 0.83% to $213,905.67
Johns Stocks DOWN $2998.62 DOWN 1.34% to $220,498.27
GM Up $0.14 to $4.08
FORD Up $0.14 to $3.18

Ratings 12/15/08 Pt.2

Ratings for Friday 12/12/08:
5p HEADLINE NEWS Prime (288)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (369)
7p HEADLINE NEWS Villar-Mitchell (407)
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (801)
9p CNN Larry King Live (483)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (488)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (361)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (309)
Prime FOX NEWS (513)

Ratings 12/15/08 Pt.1

Ratings for Thursday 12/11/08:
5p HEADLINE NEWS Prime (378)
6p HEADLINE NEWS Prime (422)
7p HEADLINE NEWS Vellar-Mitchell (552)  
8p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (1003)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (622)
10p HEADLINE NEWS Nancy Grace (620)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (472)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (346)
Prime HEADLINE NEWS (654)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Sports 12/14/08

Been away for a couple of days...
San Antonio Spurs 109 Oklahoma City Thunder 104 NOW 2-23
Detroit Pistons NOW 13-9
Indianapolis Colts 31 Detroit Lions 21 NOW 0-14
Detroit RedWings NOW 20-5-4
Michigan Wolverines Basketball NOW 7-2
Michigan State Spartans Basketball NOW 6-2
College Basketball UPSETS:
Arizona 69 (4) Gonzaga 64



Friday, December 12, 2008

Sports 12/11/08

NO GAMES TODAY
By the way the Senate Auto Bailout Bill Failed Tonight 52-35

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Stocks 12/11/08

DOW DOWN 196.33 DOWN 2.24% to 8565.09
NASDAQ DOWN 57.60 DOWN 3.68% to 1507.88
S&P 500 DOWN 25.65 DOWN 2.85% to 873.59
OIL Up $4.46 Up 10.25% to $47.98

My Stocks DOWN $6421.07 DOWN 2.90% to $215,025.50
John's Stocks DOWN $3254.64 DOWN 1.44% to $222,085.09
GM DOWN $0.48 to $4.12 
FORD DOWN $0.35 to $2.90

Job Cuts 12/11/08

Bank of America 35,000 over three years.
Stanley Tools 2000 Jobs.
Sara Lee 700 Jobs.
KB Toys Goes Bankrupt 10,915 jobs gone at the end of the holidays. 
Now 115,115 for the month.

Ratings 12/11/08

Ratings for Wednesday 12/10/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (287)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (312)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (407)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (690)
9p CNN Larry King Live (591)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record With Greta Van Susteren (433)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (477)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (299)
Prime FOX NEWS (526)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Job Cuts 12/10/08

Rio Tinto 14,000 Jobs or 12.5% of workforce.
SKF Cutting 6% of workforce or 2500 Jobs.
Now at 66,500 for the month.

Sports 12/10/08

Washington Wizards at 4-15 are now off the worst watch.
Memphis Grizzles 108 Oklahoma City Thunder 102 NOW 2-21
Detroit Redwings 4 Calgary Flames 3 Final/OT NOW 19-4-4

Stocks 12/10/08

DOW Up 70.09 Up 0.81% to 8761.42
NASDAQ Up 18.14 Up 1.17% to 1565.48
S&P 500 Up 10.57 Up 1.19% to 899.24
OIL Up $1.45 Up 3.45% to $43.52

My Stocks Up $1061.40 Up 0.48% to $221,614.56
Johns Stocks Up $3261.80 Up 1.47% to $225,604.74
GM DOWN $0.10 to $4.60
FORD Up $0.02 to $3.25

Ratings 12/10/08

Ratings For Tuesday 12/9/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (261)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (345)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (413)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (796)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (743)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (558)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (497)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (326)
Prime FOX NEWS (671)

Sports 12/9/08

Washington Wizards 107 Detroit Pistons 94 NOW 11-9
Washington NOW 4-15

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Job Cuts 12/9/08

Novellus Systems 10% of Workforce UNSPECIFIED number.
Sony 8,000 Jobs.
Wyndham Hotels 4,000 Jobs.
Danaher Corp. 1,700 Jobs plus 13 Facilities.
NFL 150 Jobs
Principal Financial Group 550 Jobs
Total Jobs Lost Today = About 14,000.
50,000 or so this month so far.

Stocks 12/9/08

DOW DOWN 242.85 DOWN 2.72% to 8691.33
NASDAQ DOWN 24.40 DOWN 1.55% to 1547.34
S&P 500 DOWN 21.03 DOWN 2.31% to 888.67
OIL DOWN $1.64 DOWN 3.75% to $42.07

My Stocks DOWN $6930.41 DOWN 3.05% to $220,553.16
Johns Stocks DOWN $1861.06 DOWN 0.83% to $222,462.94
GM DOWN $0.23 to $4.70
FORD DOWN $0.15 to $3.23

Ratings 12/9/08 Pt. 3

Ratings for Monday 12/8/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (315)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (344)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (437)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (681)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (532)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (324)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (290)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (275)
Prime FOX NEWS (507)

Ratings 12/9/08 Pt. 2

Ratings for Sunday 12/7/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (128)
6p MSNBC Meet The Press (233)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (213)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (407)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (302)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (245)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (359)
Total-Day MSNBC (197)
Prime MSNBC (318)

Sports 11/8/08

Golden State Warriors 112 Oklahoma City Thunder 102 NOW 2-20

Ratings 12/9/08 Pt.1

Ratings for Saturday 12/6/08:
5p CNN Newseroom (255)
6p CNN Afterparty (224)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (144)
8p CNN Presents (241)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (244)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (348)
11p CNN Newsroom (201)
Total-Day CNN (205)
Prime MSNBC (251)

Monday, December 8, 2008

Stocks 12/8/08

DOW Up 298.76 Up 3.46% to 8934.18
NASDAQ Up 62.43 Up 4.14% to 1571.74
S&P 500 Up 33.63 Up 3.84% to 909.70
OIL Up $2.90 Up 7.11% to $43.71

My Stocks Up $7698.37 Up 3.50% to $227,483.57
Johns Stocks Up $9737.52 Up 4.54% to $224,324.00
GM Up $0.85 to $ 4.93
FORD Up $0.66 to $3.38

Ratings 12/8/08

Ratings For Friday 12/5/08:
5p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (267)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (310)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (398)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (598)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (479)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (387)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (310)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (293)
Prime FOX NEWS (483)

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Sports 12/7/08

Minnesota Vikings 20 Detroit Lions 16 NOW 0-13
New York Knicks 104 Detroit Pistons 92 NOW 11-8
(12) Michigan State 75 Bradley 59 NOW 5-2
College Basketball Upsets:
Florida State 57 (21) Florida 55

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sports 12/6/08

Michigan Wolverines 81 (4) Duke Bluedevils 73 NOW 6-2
Detroit Redwings 5 Chicago Blackhawks 4 Final/SO NOW 18-4-4
Los Angeles Clippers 107  Minnesota Timberwolves 84 NOW 4-16 (Off Worst Watch.)
Miami Heat 105 Oklahoma City Thunder 99 NOW 2-19
Chicago Bulls 117 Washington Wizards 110 NOW 3-15
College Baskettball UPSETS:
Michigan 81 (4) Duke 73
Ohio State 67 (7) Notre Dame 62
Marquette 61 (23) Wisconsin 58
College Football UPSETS:
Virginia Tech 30 (18) Boston College 12
(2) Florida 31 (1) Alabama 20
Buffalo 42 (12) Ball State 24 (12/5/08)

Friday, December 5, 2008

Sports 12/5/08

Orlando Magic 98 Oklahoma City Thunder 89 NOW 2-18
Los Angeles Lakers 106 Washington Wizards 104 NOW 3-14
Philadelphia 76ers 96 Detroit Pistons 91 NOW 11-7
Memphis Grizzles 93 Los Angeles Clippers 81 NOW 3-16

Stocks 12/5/08

DOW Up 259.18 Up 3.09% to 8635.42
NASDAQ Up 63.75 Up 4.41% to 1509.31
S&P 500 Up 30.85 Up 3.65% to 876.07
OIL DOWN $2.86 DOWN 6.55% to $40.81

My Stocks Up $9164.73 Up 4.35% to $219,785.20
Johns Stocks Up 6020.06 Up 2.89% to $214,586.48
FORD Up $0.06 to $2.72
GM DOWN $0.03 to $4.08

Ratings 12/5/08

Ratings for Thursday 12/4/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (258)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (313)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (455)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (602)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (430)
10p CNN Presents (360)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (425)
Prime FOX NEWS (445)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (294)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Sports 12/4/08

Detroit Redwings 6 Vancouver Canucks 5 NOW 17-4-4

Sports 12/3/08

Charlotte Bobcats 103 Oklahoma City Thunder 97 NOW 2-17
Portland Trailblazers 98 Washington Wizards 92 NOW 3-13
Maryland 75 Michigan 70 NOW 5-2
(1) North Carolina 98 (13) Michigan State 63 NOW 4-2

Stocks 12/4/08

DOW DOWN 215.45 DOWN 2.51% to 8376.24
NASDAQ DOWN 46.82 DOWN 3.14% to 1445.56
S&P 500 DOWN 25.52 DOWN 2.93% to 845.22
OIL DOWN $3.12 DOWN 6.67% to $43.67

My Stocks DOWN $3747.74 DOWN 1.75% to $210,620.44 
Johns Stocks DOWN $4849.34 DOWN 2.27% to $208,566.42 
FORD DOWN $0.19 to $2.66
GM DOWN $0.79 to $4.11

Ratings 12/4/08

Ratings for Wednesday 12/3/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (224)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (283)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (545)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (699)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (545)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (406)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (425)
Prime MSNBC (496)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (289)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Stocks 12/3/08

DOW Up 172.60 Up 2.05% to 8591.69
NASDAQ Up 42.58 Up 2.94% to 1492.38
S&P 500 Up 21.93 Up 2.58% to 870.74
OIL DOWN $0.17 DOWN 0.36%

Johns Stocks Up $3982.76 Up 1.89% to $214,368.20
My Stocks Up $3363.58 Up 1.60% to $213,415.77

GM Up $0.05 to $4.90
FORD Up $0.15 to $2.85

Ratings 12/3/08 Pt. 2

5p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (216)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (323)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (450)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (748)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (583)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (440)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (351)
Prime FOX NEWS (591)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (313)

Ratings 12/3/08 Pt. 1

Ratings for Monday 12/1/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (264)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (283)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (424)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (628)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (545)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (477)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (384)
Prime FOX NEWS (494)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (272)

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sports 12/2/08

Detroit Pistons 89 San Antonio Spurs 77 The final In San Antonio Now 11-6
Washington Wizards 108 New Jersey Nets 88 The Final In New Jersey Now 3-12

Stocks 12/2/08

DOW Up 270.00 Up 3.31% to 8419.09
NASDAQ Up 51.73 Up 3.70% to 1449.80
S&P 500 Up 32.60 Up 3.99% to 848.81
OIL DOWN $2.32 DOWN 4.71% to $46.96

My Stocks Up 7533.28 Up 3.71% to $210,385.44
Johns Stocks Up $5730.88 Up 2.80% to $210,052.17
GM Up $0.26 to $4.85
FORD Up $0.15 to $2.70

Ratings 12/2/08 Pt. 4

Ratings for Sunday 11/30/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (236)
6p CNN Newsroom (204)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (252)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (393)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (336)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (324)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (260)
Prime MSNBC (407)
Total-Day MSNBC (261)

Ratings 12/2/08 Pt. 3

Ratings for Saturday 11/29/08:
5p MSNBC Special Investigations (357)
6p MSNBC Special Investigations (341)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (405)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (341)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (314)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (566)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (317)
Prime MSNBC (407)
Total-Day MSNBC (261)

Ratings 12/2/08 Pt. 2

Ratings for Friday 11/28/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (446)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (417)
7p CNN Campbell Brown (384)
8p CNN Campbell Brown (354)
9p CNN Larry King Live (456)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (260)
11p CNN Heroes (234)
Prime CNN (340)
Total-Day CNN (305)

Ratings 12/2/08 Pt.1

Ratings for Thursday 11/27/08:
5p CNN Mumbai Coverage (263)
6p CNN Mumbai Coverage/MSNBC Special Investigations (211)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (303)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (384)
9p MSNBC Special Investigations (430)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (374)
11p MSNBC Special Investigations (335)
Total-Day CNN (301)
Prime MSNBC (396)

Sports 12/1/08

Pistons are 10-6
Thunder are 2-16
Wizards are 2-12
Detroit Redwings 2 Ahaheim Mightyducks 1 Final Now 16-4-4
Michigan Basketball is 5-1
Michigan St. basketball is 4-1
Lions are 0-11 

Monday, December 1, 2008

Stocks 12/1/08

DOW DOWN 679.95 DOWN 7.70% to 8149.09
NASDAQ DOWN 137.50 DOWN 8.95% to 1398.07
S&P 500 DOWN 80.03 DOWN 8.93% to 816.21
OIL DOWN $5.15 DOWN 9.46% to $49.28

My Stocks DOWN $17,371.10 DOWN 7.88% to $203,093.97
Johns Stocks DOWN $16,492.40 DOWN 7.47% $204,321.30
GM DOWN $0.62 to $4.62
FORD DOWN $0.10 to $2.59 

Ratings 12/1/08

Ratings for Wednesday 11/26/08:
5p: CNN Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (522)
6p: CNN Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (477)
7p: FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (428)
8p: FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (545)
9p: CNN Larry King Live (530)
10p: CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (658)
11p: CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (585)
Total-Day: CNN (323)
Prime: CNN (548)

Friday, November 28, 2008

Sports 11/27/08

Tennessee Titans 47 Detroit Lions 10 NOW 0-12
Orlando Magic 105 Washington Wizards 90 NOW 2-11
Maryland 80 (5) Michigan State 62 NOW 2-1

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Sports 11/26/08

Detroit Pistons 110 New York Knicks 96
Cleveland Cavaliers 117 Oklahoma City Thunder 82 Now 1-15
Montreal Canadiens 3 Detroit Redwings 1  Now 14-3-4

Sports 11/25/08

Michigan Wolverines 83 Norfolk State 49 Now 4-1
Wizards 124 Warriors 100 Now 2-10 
Suns 99 Thunder 98 Now 1-14

Sports 11/24/08

Detroit Redwings Lose 3-2 to Vancouver in OT Now 14-2-4

Monday, November 24, 2008

Sports 11/23/08

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Detroit Lions 20 Now 0-11
Minnesota Timberwolves 106 Detroit Pistons 80 Now 8-5

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Sports 11/22/08

Ohio State Buckeyes 42 Michigan Wolverines 7 Finishing the Season 3-9
Detroit Redwings 5 Calgary Flames 2 Now 14-2-3
Oklahoma City Thunder 1-13
Washington Wizards 1-10
Gonna Follow these for a while see how bad they do.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

42-7 Ohio State Final
42-7 Ohio State 1316 4th
35-7 Ohio State 1402 4th
28-7 Ohio State 530 3rd
21-7 Ohio State 1104 3rd
14-7 Ohio State 251 2nd
14-0 Ohio State 1310 2nd 
7-0 Ohio State 357 1st
The 105th Game in the Biggest rivalry in all of sports is now under way in Columbus Michigan Missed a 35-yd Field Goal 1105 1st.

Sports 11/21/08

10 Duke Bluedevils 71 Michigan Wolverines 56 at the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City Now 3-1

Stocks 11/21/08

DOW Up 494.13 Up 6.14% to 8046.42
NASDAQ Up 68.23 Up 5.18% to 1384.35
S&P 500 Up 47.59 Up 6.32% to 800.03
OIL Up $0.51 Up 1.03% to $49.93

My Stocks Up $10,639.10 Up 5.61% to $200,267.55
Johns Stocks Up $10,254.76 Up 5.40% to $200,044.00 
GM Up $0.18 to $3.06
FORD Up $0.04 to $1.43

Ratings 11/21/08

Ratings were delayed until monday as it says on mediabistro.com "Have a Nice Weekend".

Friday, November 21, 2008

Sports 11/20/08

Detroit Redwings 4 Edmonton Oilers 3 Now 13-2-3.
Detroit Pistons 98 Boston Celtics 80 Now 8-4.
Michigan Wolverines 55 #4 UCLA 52 at the Coaches VS. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York Now 3-0.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Stocks 11/20/08

DOW DOWN 444.99 DOWN 5.56% to 7552.29
NASDAQ DOWN 70.30 DOWN 5.07% to 1316.12
S&P 500 DOWN 54.14 DOWN 6.71% to 752.44
OIL DOWN $4.45 DOWN 8.23% to $49.65

My Stocks DOWN $11,738.46 DOWN 5.82% to $189,950.42
Johns Stocks DOWN $11,699.12 DOWN 5.81% to $189,789.23
GM Up $0.09 to $2.88
FORD Up $0.13 to $1.39

Ratings 11/20/08

Ratings For Wednesday 11/19/08:
5p FOX NEWS News HQ (321)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (484)
7p FOX NEWS The Fox Report W/Shepard Smith (495)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (850)
9p CNN Larry King Live (625)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (640)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (527)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (350)
Prime FOX NEWS (642)

Sports 11/19/08

Detroit Pistons 96 Cleveland Caveliers 89 In Detroit NOW 8-3
5 Michigan State 70 IPFW 59 NOW 2-0

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Stocks 11/19/08

DOW DOWN 427.47 DOWN 5.07% to 7997.28
NASDAQ DOWN 96.85 DOWN 6.53% to 1386.42
S&P 500 DOWN 52.54 DOWN 6.12% to 806.58
OIL DOWN $0.77 DOWN 1.42% to $53.62

My Stocks DOWN $12,402.30 DOWN 5.79% to $201,688.91
Johns Stocks DOWN $12,950.06 DOWN 6.04%  to $201,488.34
GM DOWN $0.30 to $2.79
FORD DOWN $0.42 to $1.26

Ratings 11/19/08

Ratings for Tuesday 11/18/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (292)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/Brit Hume (349)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/Shepard Smith (483)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (718)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (665)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/Greta Van Susteren (610)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (543)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (335)
Prime FOX NEWS (664)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Sports 11/18/08

NO GAMES TODAY

Stocks 11/18/08

DOW Up 151.17 Up 1.83% to 8424.75
NASDAQ Up 1.22 Up 0.08% to 1483.27
S&P 500 Up 8.37 Up 0.98% to 859.12
OIL DOWN $0.56 DOWN 1.02% to $54.39

John's Stocks DOWN $715.56 DOWN 0.33% to $214,438.42
My Stocks Up $3250.46 Up 1.54% to $214,091.19
GM DOWN $0.09 to $3.09
FORD DOWN $0.04 to $1.68

Ratings 11/18/08 Pt.3

Ratings for Monday 11/17/08:
5p MSNBC Hardball W/Chris Matthews (393)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/Brit Hume (320)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/Chris Matthews (498)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (691)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (596)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (416)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (422)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (305)
Prime FOX NEWS (554)

Ratings 11/18/08 Pt.2

Ratings for Sunday 11/16/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (332)
6p CNN Newsroom (260)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report Sunday (279)
8p CNN Presents (361) 
9p CNN Presents (361)
10p FOX NEWS Geraldo at Large (333)
11p FOX NEWS Huckabee (337)
Total-Day CNN (235)
Prime CNN (319)

Ratings 11/18/08 Pt.1

Ratings for Saturday 11/15/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (260)
6p MSNBC Special Investigations (328)
7p MSNBC Special Investigations (350)
8p MSNBC Special Investigations (460)
9p CNN Presents (429)
10p CNN D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (395)
11p MSNBC Investigates (335)
Total-Day CNN (264)
Prime CNN (418)

Sports 11/17/08

Detroit Red Wings win Over the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 at Home now 12-2-3

Monday, November 17, 2008

Stocks 11/17/08

DOW DOWN 223.73 DOWN 2.63% to 8273.58
NASDAQ DOWN 34.80 DOWN 2.29% to 1482.05
S&P 500 DOWN 22.54 DOWN 2.58% to 850.75 
OIL DOWN $2.09 DOWN 3.66% to $54.95

My Stocks DOWN 5778.48 DOWN 2.67% to 210,905.75
Johns Stocks DOWN $4548.70 DOWN 2.07% to $215,154.00
GM Up $o.17 to $3.18
FORD DOWN $0.08 to $1.72

Ratings 11/17/08

Ratings for Friday 11/14/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (334)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/Brit Hume (402)
7p FOX NEWS The Fox Report W/Shepard Smith (513)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (700)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (561)
10p MSNBC Countdown W/Keith Olbermann (436)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (540)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (334)
Prime FOX NEWS (555)

Sports 11/16/08

Carolina Panthers 31 - Detroit Lions 22 Now (0-10)
Phoenix Suns 104 - Detroit Pistons 86 Now (7-3)
(6) Michigan State 100 - Idaho 62 Now (1-0)

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Sports 11/15/08

Michigan Wolverines fall to 3-8 at Home in Ann Arbor VS Northwestern 21-14.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

21-14 Northwestern over Michigan (3-8) The Final In Ann Arbor.
21-14 Northwestern 1036 3rd
14-14 1136 3rd
14-7 Michigan 630 2nd.
7-7 Michigan and Northwestern in  Ann Arbor 1330 2nd. 

Sports 11/14/08

Detroit Redwings (11-2-3) Win 3-2 over the Florida Panthers in Florida.
Detroit Pistons (7-2) Win 106-95 Over the Los Angles Lakers in Los Angeles.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Stocks 11/14/08

DOW DOWN 337.94 DOWN 3.82% to 8497.31
NASDAQ DOWN 79.85 DOWN 5.00% to 1516.85
S&P 500 DOWN 38.00 DOWN 4.17% to 873.29
OIL DOWN $1.20 DOWN 2.06% to $57.04

My Stocks DOWN $10,033.70 DOWN 4.43% to $216,684.20
Johns Stocks DOWN $9784.48 DOWN 4.26% to $219,702.67
FORD DOWN $0.10 to $1.80
GM Up $0.06 to $3.01

Ratings 11/14/08

Ratings For Thursday 11/13/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (332)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (288)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight (392)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (762)
9p CNN Presents (861)
10p CNN Presents ( 861)
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (536)
Total-Day CNN (315)
Prime CNN (696)

Sports 11/13/08

Detroit Redwings (10-2-3) 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final in Tampa Bay.
Detroit Pistons (6-2) 107 Golden State Warriors 102 Final in Goldon State

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Ratings 11/13/08

Ratings for Wednesday 11/12/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (322)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (375)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/Shepard Smith (500)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (897)
9p CNN Larry King Live (741)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (577)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (490)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (341)
Prime FOX NEWS (714)

Stocks 11/13/08

DOW Up 552.59 Up 6.67% to 8835.25
NASDAQ Up 97.49 Up 6.50% to 1596.70
S&P 500 Up 58.99 Up 6.92% to 911.29
OIL Up $2.08 Up 3.70% to $58.24

My Stocks Up $14,368.16 Up 6.77% to $226,717.92
Johns Stocks Up $14,892.86 Up 6.94% to $229,487.16
FORD Up $0.06 to $1.90
GM DOWN $0.13 to $2.95

Government Test Results and other grades 11/12/08

I got a 112/120 93% (A) on my test bringing my grade in the class up to a C.
I got a 4/9 44% (F) on my math Homework. Stupid signs...

Sports 11/12/08

NO GAMES TODAY.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Stocks 11/12/08

DOW DOWN 411.30 DOWN 4.73% to 8282.66
NASDAQ DOWN 81.69 DOWN 5.17% to 1499.21
S&P 500 DOWN 46.65 DOWN 5.19% to 852.30
OIL DOWN $3.17 DOWN 5.34% to $56.16

My Stocks DOWN $9839.48 DOWN 4.43% to $212,349.77
Johns Stocks DOWN $10,930.82 DOWN 4.85% to $214,594.30
FORD Up $0.04 to $1.84
GM Up $0.16 to $3.08

Ratings 11/12/08

Ratings for Tuesday 11/11/08:
5p MSNBC Hardball W/Chris Matthews (381)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (390)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (521)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (923)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (742)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/Greta Van Susteren (887)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (502)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (352)
Prime FOX NEWS (851)

Sports 11/11/08

Detroit Redwings (9-2-3) Lose 7-6 in OT at Home to the Pittsburg Penguins.
Detroit Pistons (5-2) Win 100-92 On the road over the Sacramento Kings.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Stocks 11/11/08

DOW DOWN 176.58 DOWN 1.99% to 8693.96
NASDAQ DOWN 35.84 DOWN 2.22% to 1580.90
S&P 500 DOWN 20.26 DOWN 2.20% to 898.95
OIL DOWN $3.08 DOWN 4.94% to $59.33

My Stocks DOWN $2282.56 DOWN 1.02% to $222,234.23
Johns Stocks DOWN $3774.88 DOWN 1.65% to $225,625.11
Ford DOWN $0.13 to $1.80
GM DOWN $0.44 to $2.92 

Ratings 11/11/08 Pt.3

Ratings for Monday 11/10/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (396)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (453)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (602)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (942)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (691)
10p FOX NEWS On the Record W/Greta Van Susteren (940)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (634)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (379)
Prime FOX NEWS (858)

Ratings 11/11/08 Pt.2

Ratings For Sunday 11/9/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (352)
6p CNN Newsroom (296)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs This Week (302)
8p CNN Transition (402)
9p CNN Larry King Live (490)
10p MSNBC Special Investigations (526)
11p CNN Newsroom (340)
Total-Day CNN (301)
Prime CNN (449)

Ratings 11/11/08 Pt.1

Ratings For Saturday 11/8/08:
5p CNN Newsroom (301)
6p CNN AfterParty (306)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs This Week (366)
8p CNN Campbell Brown (423)
9p CNN Larry King Live (514)
10p CNN D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (497)
11p CNN Newsroom (407)
Total-Day CNN (341)
Prime CNN (478)

Sports 11/10/08

NO GAMES TODAY.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Stocks 11/10/08

DOW DOWN 73.27 DOWN 0.82% to 8870.54
NASDAQ DOWN 30.66 DOWN 1.86% to 1616.74
S&P 500 DOWN 11.78 DOWN 1.27% to 919.21
OIL Up $1.37 Up 2.24% to $62.41

My Stocks DOWN $2645.90 DOWN 1.16% to $224,516.80
Johns Stocks DOWN $856.26 DOWN 0.37% to $229,399.98
FORD DOWN $0.09 to $1.93
GM DOWN $1.00 to $3.36

Ratings 11/10/08

Ratings for Friday 11/7/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (412)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (568)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (512)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (769)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (577)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (668)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (575)
Total-Day CNN (390)
Prime FOX NEWS (587)

Sports 11/9/08

Detroit Lions (0-9) Lose at Home to Jacksonville 38-14. 
Detroit Pistons (4-2) Lose 88-76 at Home to Boston.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Sports 11/8/08

Michigan Wolverines Improve to 3-7 with a 29-6 Win over Minnesota on the road.
Detroit Redwings Win at Home 3-1 Over the New Jersey Devils, Now 9-2-2.

Sports 11/7/08

Detroit Pistons (4-1) Lose 103-96 at New Jersey.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Stocks 11/7/08

DOW Up 248.02 Up 2.85% to 8943.81
NASDAQ Up 38.70 Up 2.41% to 1647.40
S&P 500 Up 26.11 Up 2.89% to 930.99
OIL Up $0.27 Up 0.44% to $61.04

Johns Stocks Up $7694.34 Up 3.46% to $230,256.27
My Stocks Up $4397.76 Up 1.97% to $227,162.70
FORD Up .04 to $2.02
GM DOWN 0.44 to $4.36

Ratings 11/7/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings for Thursday 11/6/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (375)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/Brit Hume (523)  
7p MSNBC Hardball W/Chris Matthews (628)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (1019)
9p CNN Larry King Live (750)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (799)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor
Total-Day CNN (430)
Prime FOX NEWS (788)

Sports 11/6/08

NO Games Today

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Stocks 11/6/08

DOW DOWN 443.48 DOWN 4.85% to 8695.79
NASDAQ DOWN 72.94 DOWN 4.34% to 1608.70
S&P 500 DOWN 47.89 DOWN 5.03% to 904.88
OIL DOWN $4.53 DOWN 6.94% to $60.77

My Stocks DOWN $10,143.03 DOWN 4.35% to 222,764.94
Johns Stocks DOWN $12,960.04 DOWN 5.50% to $222,561.94

Ratings 11/6/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings for Wednesday 11/5/08:
5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (701)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (928)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight (882)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (1363)
9p CNN Larry King Live (1184)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (1239)
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (851)
Total-Day CNN (839)
Prime CNN (1131)

Sports 11/5/08

Detroit Pistons (4-0) WIN over the Toronto Raptors 100-93 In Toronto.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Stocks 11/5/08

DOW DOWN 486.01 DOWN 5.05% to 9139.27
NASDAQ DOWN 98.48 DOWN 5.53% to 1681.64
S&P 500 DOWN 52.98 DOWN 5.27% to 952.77
OIL DOWN $5.23 DOWN 7.42% to $65.30

Johns Stocks DOWN $14,460.36 DOWN 5.78% to $235,726.95
My Stocks DOWN $14,610.83 DOWN 5.89% to $233,282.97

Ratings 11/5/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings For Tuesday 11/4/08:
BIG Election night For CNN

5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (1599)
6p CNN The Situation room W/ Wolf Blitzer (2451)
7p CNN Election Night In America (3984)
8p CNN Election Night In America (5260)
9p CNN Election Night In America (6181)
10p CNN Election Night In America (6013)
11p CNN Election Night In America (7759)
Total-Day CNN (2158)
Prime CNN (5820)

House and Senate Makeup

Senate Dems 56 GOP 42 2 Tied
House Dems 250 GOP 181 4 Tied
Clear Mandate Here.
Somewhere between a 65 and 73 seat majority in the house.
Somewhere between a 12 and 16 seat majority in the senate.
Dems win big.

Missouri is no longer the bellweather they got it wrong.
Missouri McCain
North Carolina Obama first time since 1976.
364-174 Obama the final.
Montana McCain
349-163 Obama
Indiana Obama
349-159 Obama
Alaska McCain
338-159 Obama

Sports 11/4/08

NO GAMES TODAY!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Nevada Obama
338-156 Obama
Florida Obama
Arizona McCain
Colorado Obama
Virginia Obama
McCain has just conceded 
333-156 Obama
California Obama
Hawaii Obama
Oregon Obama
Washington Obama
Idaho McCain
297-145 Obama
Barack Obama is now the 44th President of the United States.
South Dakota McCain
207-141 Obama
ABC NEWS now projects the HOUSE will remain DEMOCRATIC.
Nebraska McCain
3 out of 5 EV 2 not ready to project 
207-138 Obama
Iowa Obama
Utah McCain 
207-135 Obama
Mississippi McCain
200-130 Obama
Texas McCain
200-124 Obama
New Mexico Obama
200-90 Obama
West Virginia McCain
Louisiana McCain
195-90 Obama
Ohio Obama
195-76 Obama
New York Obama
Michigan Obama
Wisconsin Obama
Minnesota Obama
North Dakota McCain
Wyoming McCain
Kansas McCain
Rhode Island Obama
Georgia McCain
175-76 Obama
Arkansas McCain
Alabama McCain
102-49 Obama
Pennsylvania Obama
Illinois Obama
New Hampshire Obama 
New Jersey Obama
Massachusetts Obama
Tennessee McCain
Maryland Obama
Connecticut Obama
Oklahoma McCain
Maine Obama
Delaware Obama
102-34 Obama
South Carolina McCain
16-3 McCain
Kentucky  McCain
Vermont  Obama
8-3 McCain

Ratings 11/4/08

Ratings for Monday 11/3/08:

5p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (517)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/Wolf Blitzer (706)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (897) 
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (1339)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (1079)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (1096) 
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (828)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (518)
Prime FOX NEWS (1053)

Stocks 11/4/08 (Mediabistro.com)

DOW Up 305.45 Up 3.28% to 9625.28
NASDAQ Up 53.79 Up 3.12% to 1780.12
S&P 500 Up 39.45 Up 4.08% to 1005.75
OIL Up $7.59 Up 11.88% to $71.50

My Stocks Up $7255.06 Up 3.01% to $248,040.36
Johns Stocks Up $8562.66 Up 3.54% to $250,187.31

Ratings 11/4/08 Pt.2 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings for Sunday 11/2/08

5p Ballotbowl (404)
6p CNN Newsroom (474)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report Sunday (463)
8p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (594)
9p CNN Barack Obama Revealed (1016)
10p CNN D.L. Hughley Breaks The News (641)
11p CNN Newsroom (542)
Total-Day CNN (375)
Prime CNN (684)

Ratings 11/4/08 Pt.1 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings for Saturday 11/1/08

5p CNN Ballot Bowl (340)
6-630P FOX NEWS Beltway Boys (377)
630-7P MSNBC Hardball W/Chris Matthews (363)  
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (528)
8p CNN Barack Obama Revealed (569)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (410)
10p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (602) 
11p CNN Newsroom (578)
Total-Day FNC/CNN (336)
Prime CNN (524)

Polls 11/4/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com) FINAL EDITION

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 348.6 McCain 189.4
Win Percentage Obama 98.9% McCain 1.1%
Popular Vote Obama 52.3% McCain 46.2%
Senate Dems 57.1 GOP 40.9

73 State Polls
Alaska 55-43 McCain
Alaska 55-38 McCain
Alabama 57-39 McCain
Arkansas 53-41 McCain
Arizona 50-46 McCain
California 55-40 Obama
Colorado 55-40 Obama
Connecticut 58-37 Obama
Washington DC 81-15 Obama
Delaware 59-37 Obama
Florida 48.2-47 McCain
Florida 49-47 Obama
Florida 50-47 Obama
Florida 49-47 Obama
Florida 49.2-48 Obama
Georgia 48-47 McCain
Georgia 50-46 McCain
Georgia 50-47 McCain
Hawaii 56-34 Obama
Iowa 52-41 Obama
Idaho 59-36 McCain
Illinois 58-39 Obama
Indiana 53-45 McCain
Indiana 50.4-45.1 McCain
Kansas 52-41 McCain
Kentucky 53-41 McCain
Louisiana 52-45 McCain
Massachusetts 57-39 Obama
Maryland 60-35 Obama
Maine 58-38 Obama
Maine 51-42 Obama
Michigan 55-42 Obama
Minnesota 51-45 Obama
Missouri 49-47 McCain
Missouri 48.8-48.8 TIE
Mississippi 55-42 McCain
Montana 54-44 McCain
North Carolina 49-48 Obama
North Carolina 51-47 Obama
North Carolina 49.5-49.1 McCain 
North Dakota 50-43 McCain
Nebraska 57-38 McCain
New Hampshire 54-40 Obama
New Jersey 55-40 Obama
New Mexico 53-43 Obama
Nevada 52-47 Obama
Nevada 51-47 Obama
Nevada 51-46 Obama
Nevada 53.2-42.4 Obama
New York 58-38 Obama
Ohio 48-46 McCain
Ohio 51-45 Obama
Ohio 49.4-47.4 Obama
Oklahoma 58-39 McCain
Oregon 54-43 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-43 Obama 
Pennsylvania 51-44 Obama
Pennsylvania 51.2-41.4 Obama
Rhode Island 58-37 Obama
South Carolina 52-44 McCain
South Dakota 52-43 McCain
Tennessee 53-44 McCain
Texas 54-43 McCain
Utah 61-34 McCain
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Virginia 51-45 Obama
Virginia 51.7-45.3 Obama
Vermont 62-32 Obama
Washington 56-40 Obama
Washington 53-43 Obama
Wisconsin 53-41 Obama
West Virginia 53-42 McCain
West Virginia 52-43 McCain
Wyoming 67-29 McCain

6 National Polls:
ABC/Post 53-44 Obama
Battleground 49-44 Obama
Marist 52-43 Obama
Rasmussen 52-46 Obama
Research 2000 52-45 Obama
Zogby 52.1-42.7 Obama



Polls 11/4/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 353 McCain 174 Ties 11
Senate: Dems 58 GOP 42
House: Dems 249 GOP 184 Ties 2

23 State Polls:
Colorado 51-47 Obama
Florida 47-45 Obama
Florida 48-47 Obama
Florida 50-49 Obama
Florida 50-47 Obama
Georgia 52-45 McCain
Georgia 48-47 Obama
Missouri 48-48 TIE
Missouri 49-49 TIE
North Carolina 49-48 McCain
North Carolina 49-48 Obama
North Carolina 50-49 McCain
New Jersey 57-42 Obama
Ohio 48-46 Obama
Ohio 49-49 TIE
Ohio 50-43 Obama
Ohio 52-46 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-43 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Washington 56-40 Obama
West Virginia 53-42 McCain

4 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 48 - Jim Martin (D) 43
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 48 - Jim Martin (D) 44 
North Carolina *Elizabeth Dole (R) 46- Kay Hagan (D) 45 
North Carolina  Kay Hagan (D) 50 - Elizabeth Dole (R) 43

2 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Pennsylvania-11 Louis Barletta (R) 51 - *Paul Kanjorski (D) 45
Virginia-05 *Virgil Goode (R) 50 - Tom Perriello (D) 47

The Plan for Tuesday

I'll be calling states live along with the folks at MSNBC today. Ratings, Polls,Stocks and Sports Data especially will have to be posted as I get a chance. I hope that I'll be able to get everything up there by 5pm EST. Cross your fingers. If anyone happens to be curious as to what time a state was called, the moment it is, I will call it here and the time will be permanently archived.

Sports 11/3/08

Detroit Pistons Improve to 3-0 with an 101-83 Win on the road @ Charlotte 

Monday, November 3, 2008

Polls 11/3/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com) Special Edition 2

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 346.5 McCain 191.5
Win Percentage Obama 98.1% McCain 1.9%
Popular Vote Obama 52.0% McCain 46.1%
Senate Dems 57.1 GOP 40.9

24 State Polls:
Alaska 56-37 McCain
Alaska 46.6-43.9 McCain
Colorado 51-47 Obama
Florida 50-48 Obama
Florida 47-45 Obama
Florida 50-49 McCain
Georgia 50-48 McCain
Georgia 52-45 McCain
Indiana 49-48 Obama
Missouri 49.4-48.6 Obama 
Missouri 49-49 TIE
Missouri 48-48 TIE
North Carolina 50-49 McCain
North Carolina 49-48 McCain
New Jersey 57-42 Obama
Ohio 50-43 Obama
Ohio 49-49 TIE
Ohio 48-46 Obama
Ohio 51.5-45.7 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-44 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Washington 55-40 Obama
Wisconsin 53-40 Obama

11 National Polls:
ABC/POST 53-44 Obama
Battleground 50-44 Obama
CBS/NYT 51-42 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-45 Obama
FOX 50-43 Obama
GQR 51-44 Obama
IBD/TIPP 47.5-43 Obama
Ipsos 53-46 Obama
Marist 53-44 Obama
NBC/WSJ 51-43 Obama
Rasmussen 52-46 Obama

Polls 11/3/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com) Special Edition

These are the polls published by fivethirtyeight at 3am this morning:
39 State Polls:
Colorado 49-44 Obama
Florida 47.5-46.2 Obama
Iowa 54-37 Obama
Illinois 60-38 Obama
Indiana 49.1-43.9 McCain
Kentucky 56-40 McCain
Maine 56-43 Obama
Michigan 54-40 Obama
Michigan 53-37 Obama
Minnesota 53-42 Obama
Minnesota 49-46 Obama
Missouri 47-46 Obama
Missouri 47.4-45.7 Obama
Montana 48-47 Obama
North Carolina 49-46 Obama
North Carolina 50-49 Obama
North Carolina 49.3-47.7 McCain
New Hampshire 53-42 Obama
New Hampshire 54-41 Obama
New Hampshire 52-41 Obama
New Mexico 51-43 Obama
New Mexico 52-45 Obama
Nevada 47-43 Obama 
Nevada 50.7-42.9 Obama
Ohio 52-46 Obama
Ohio 47-45 McCain
Ohio50-48 Obama
Ohio 50.2-43.9 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-46 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-46 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-44 Obama
Pennsylvania 53.7-40 Obama
Virginia 47-44 Obama 
Virginia 52-46 Obama
Virginia 50-46 Obama
Virginia 50.7-44.6 Obama
Washington 51-39 Obama

National Polls:
ABC/POST 54-43 Obama
CBS/NYT 54-41 Obama
CBS/NYT 54-41 Obama
CNN 51-43 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-45 Obama
Gallup 53-42 Obama
Gallup 52-43 Obama
IBD/TIPP 46.7-44.6 Obama
Pew 49-42 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 50-46 Obama
Zogby 50.9-43.8 Obama 
Zogby 49.5-43.8 Obama

Stocks 11/3/08

DOW DOWN 5.18 DOWN 0.06% to 9319.83
NASDAQ Up 5.38 Up 0.31% to 1726.33
S&P 500 DOWN 2.45 DOWN 0.25% to 966.30
OIL DOWN $3.90 DOWN 5.75% to $63.91

My Stocks Up $341.32 Up 0.14% to $240,785.30
Johns Stocks Up 2185.03 Up 0.91% to $241,627.67

Ratings 11/3/08 (Mediabistro.com)

Ratings For Friday 10/31/08

5p FOX NEWS Election HQ (373)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/Brit Hume (490)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (503)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (845)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (754)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (795)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (636)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (415)
Prime FOX NEWS (766)

Gallup Daily 11/3/08

Final USAToday/Gallup Poll: 55-44 Obama
Registered Voters: 53-40 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 53-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 53-42 Obama

Polls 11/3/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral College: Obama 353 McCain 185
Senate: Dems 58 GOP 42
House: Dems 249 GOP 184 Ties 2

23 State Polls:
Colorado 49-44 Obama
Florida 48-46 Obama
Illinois 60-38 Obama
Indiana 49-44 McCain
Kentucky 56-40 McCain
Maine 56-43 Obama
Minnesota 49-46 Obama
Minnesota 53-42 Obama
Missouri 47-46 McCain
Missouri 47-46 Obama
North Carolina 49-46 McCain
North Carolina 49-48 McCain
New Mexico 51-43 Obama
Nevada 47-43 Obama
Nevada 51-43 Obama
Ohio 47-45 McCain 
Ohio 50-44 Obama
Ohio 52-46 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-44 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-46 Obama
Pennsylvania 54-40 Obama
Virginia 50-46 Obama
Virginia 51-45 Obama

6 Senate Polls  *Indicates Incumbent 
Iowa *Tom Harkin (D) 47 - Christopher Reed (R) 31
Kentucky *Mitch McConnell (R) 53 - Bruce Lunsford (D) 45
Maine *Susan Collins (R) 57 - Tom Allen (D) 41
Minnesota *Norm Coleman (R) 44 - Al Franken (D) 39
Minnesota Al Franken (D) 42 - *Norm Coleman (R) 38
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 59 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 35

5 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Minnesota-03 *Erik Paulsen (R) 46 - Ashwin Madia (D) 41
Minnesota-06 *Michele Bachmann (D) 46 - Elwyn Tinklenburg (D) 45
New Mexico-01 Martin Heinrich (D) 47 - *Darren White (R) 43
New Mexico-02 Harry Teague (D) 45 - *Edward Tinsley (R) 41
New Mexico-03 *Ben Lujan (D) 51 - Ben East (R) 23

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Sports 11/2/08

Detroit Lions (0-8) lose 27-23 @ Chicago
Detroit Red Wings @ Edmonton Win 3-2 Improving to 8-2-1

Polls 11/2/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: 332.9 Obama 205.1 McCain 
Win Percentage: 93.7% Obama 6.3% McCain
Popular Vote: 51.9% Obama 47.2% McCain
Senate: Dems 57.1 GOP 40.9

19 State Polls:
Colorado 49-44 Obama
Iowa 54-37 Obama
Illinois 60-38 Obama
Maine 56-43 Obama
Michigan 53-37 Obama
Minnesota 53-42 Obama
Missouri 47-46 Obama
North Carolina 49-46 McCain
New Hampshire 52-41 Obama
New Mexico 51-43 Obama
New Mexico 52-45 Obama
Nevada 47-43 Obama
Ohio 52-46 Obama
Ohio 47-45 McCain
Pennsylvania 52-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-44 Obama
Virginia 47-44 Obama
Virginia 50-46 Obama
Washington 51-39 Obama

7 National Polls:
CBS/NYT 54-41
CNN 51-43 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 51-43 Obama
Gallup 52-43 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 50-46 Obama
Zogby 49.5-43.8 Obama

Gallup Daily 11/2/08

Registered Voters 52-41 Obama
Likely Voters(Traditional) 51-43 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 52-43 Obama

Polls 11/2/08 (Electoral-vote.com )

Projections:
Electoral College: Obama 364 McCain 171 Ties 3
Senate: Dems 59 GOP 41
House: Dems 250 GOP 183 Ties 2

20 State Polls:
Arkansas 51-44 McCain
California 60-36 Obama
Florida 47-45 Obama
Florida 47-47 TIE
Florida 50-46 Obama
Iowa 54-37 Obama
Indiana 48-48 TIE
Michigan 53-37 Obama
New Jersey 55-34 Obama
New Mexico 52-45 Obama 
Ohio 57-41 Obama
Oregon 54-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-47 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-45 Obama
South Dakota 53-44 McCain
Utah 57-32 McCain
Virginia 47-44 Obama
Washington 51-39 Obama
Wisconsin 52-42 Obama

4 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent 
Iowa *Tom Harkin (D) 57 - Christopher Reed (R) 41
New Jersey *Frank Lautenburg (D) 50 - Richard Zimmer (R) 31 
New Mexico Tom Udall (D) 56 - *Steve Pearce (R) 42
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 61 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 32

2 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent 
Nevada-02 *Dean Heller (R) 50 - Jill Derby (D) 37 
Nevada-03 *Jon Porter (D) 44 - Dina Titus (R) 44

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Sports 11/1/08

Michigan (2-7,Overall 1-7,Bigten) loses 48-42 @ Purdue.
Detroit Pistons at home against Washington WIN 117-109 now 2-0

Polls (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 344 McCain 194
Win Percentage: Obama 96.2% McCain 3.8%
Popular Vote: Obama 52.2% McCain 46.6%
Senate: Dems 57.1 GOP 40.9

19 State Polls:
Arkansas 51-44 McCain
California 60-36 Obama
Florida 50-46 Obama
Florida 46.7-46.7 TIE
Florida 47-45 Obama
Indiana 48-48 TIE
Indiana 47-47 TIE
Kentucky 56-39 McCain
Minnesota 53-38 Obama
New Jersey 53-34 Obama
Oregon 54-42 Obama
Oregon 55-39 Obama
Oregon 57-38 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-44 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-47 Obama
South Dakota 53-44 McCain
Utah 57-32 McCain
Wyoming 61-36 McCain

7 National Polls:
ABC/Post 53-44 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 51-44 Obama
Gallup 52-42 Obama
IBD/TIPP 47.9-43.4 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 52-43 Obama
Zogby 49.1-44.1 Obama

Gallup Daily 11/1/08

Registered Voters 52-41 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 52-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 52-42 Obama

Polls 11/1/08

Projections:
Electoral College: Obama 353 McCain 185
Senate: Dems 58 GOP 42
House: Dems 251 GOP 183 Ties 1

30 State Polls:
Alaska 58-39 McCain
Arizona 50-46 McCain
Arizona 48-47 McCain
Colorado 52-45 Obama
Georgia 47-44 McCain
Georgia 52-47 McCain
Indiana 47-47  TIE
Kentucky 56-39 McCain
Kentucky 51-42 McCain
Minnesota 53-38 Obama
Missouri 50-47 McCain
Missouri 48-48 TIE
Mississippi 53-40 McCain
Montana 48-44 McCain
Montana 49-46 McCain
North Carolina 45-38 Obama
North Carolina 47-45 Obama
North Carolina 48-48 TIE
North Dakota 47-46 McCain
New Hampshire 50-46 Obama
New Hampshire 51-44 Obama
New Hampshire 53-39 Obama
New Hampshire 53-42 Obama
New Hampshire 56-41 Obama
New Jersey 52-42 Obama
Oregon 55-39 Obama
Oregon 57-38 Obama
Pennsylvania 55-43 Obama
Wisconsin 54-38 Obama
Wyoming 61-36 McCain

29 Senate Polls * Indicates Incumbent
Alaska Mark Begich (D) 58 - * Ted Stevens (R) 36
Colorado Mark Udall (D) 51 - *Bob Schaffer (R) 36
Colorado Mark Udall (D) 53 - *Bob Schaffer (R) 43
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 48 - Jim Martin (D) 43
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 53 - Jim Martin (D) 44
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 47 - Jim Martin (D) 46
Iowa *Tom Harkin (D) 57 - Christopher Reed (R) 37
Kentucky *Mitch McConnel (R) 47 - Bruce Lunsford (D) 42
Minnesota *Norm Coleman (R) 42 - Al Franken (D) 36
Minnesota *Norm Coleman (R) 43 - Al Franken (D) 40
Mississippi *Roger Wicker (R) 51 - Ronnie Musgrove (D) 44
North Carolina Kay Hagan (D) 44 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 37 
North Carolina Kay Hagan (D) 45 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 43
North Carolina Kay Hagan (D) 50 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 45
North Carolina Kay Hagan  (D) 52 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 46
North Carolina Kay Hagan (D) 53 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 44
New Hampshire  Jeanne Shaheen (D) 48 - *John Sununu (R) 41
New Hampshire  Jeanne Shaheen (D) 52 - *John  Sununu (R) 44
New Hampshire  Jeanne Shaheen (D) 53 - *John Sununu (R) 40
New Hampshire  Jeanne Shaheen (D) 53 - *John Sununu (R) 41
New Jersey *Frank Lautenburg (D) 48- Richard Zimmer (R) 41
New Jersey *Frank Lautenburg (D) 52 - Richard Zimmer (R) 32
New Jersey *Frank Lautenburg (D) 52 - Richard Zimmer (R) 37
New Jersey *Frank Lautenburg (D) 56 - Richard Zimmer (R) 39
Oregon Jeff Merkley (D) 48 - *Gordon Smith (R) 42
Oregon Jeff Merkley (D) 49 - *Gordon Smith (R) 42
Oregon Jeff Merkley (D) 49 - *Gordon Smith (R) 46
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 63 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 35
Wyoming *John Barrasso (R) 60 - Nick Carter (D) 35

7 House Polls * Indicates Incumbent
Alaska-AL Ethan Burkowitz (D) 53 - *Don Young (R) 44
Indiana-09 *Baron Hill (D) 53 - Mike Sodrel (R) 40
Montana-AL *Denny Rehburg (R) 55 - John Driscoll (D) 39
New Hampshire-01 *Carol Shea-Porter (D) 44 - Jeb Bradley (R) 41
New Hampshire-01 *Carol Shea-Porter (D) 44 - Jeb Bradley (R) 41 
New Hampshire-02 *Paul Hodes (D) 54 - Jennifer Horn (R) 26
Wyoming-AL *Cynthia Lummis (R) 49 - Gary Trauner (D) 45 

Charlie's Bus 10/31/08

Charlie Took Halloween Off.

Sports 10/31/08

NO GAMES TODAY!

Polls 10/31/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections: 
Electoral Vote Obama 349.7 McCain 188.3
Win Percentage Obama 97.2% McCain 2.8%
Popular Vote Obama 52.2% McCain 46.4%
Senate Dems 56.8 GOP 41.2

41 State Polls:
Alaska 58-39 McCain
Arizona 50-46 McCain
Arizona 48-47 McCain
Colorado 52-45 Obama
Colorado 54-44 Obama
Georgia 52-47 McCain
Georgia 47-44 McCain
Iowa 53-39 Obama
Indiana 49-49 TIE
Kentucky 51-42 McCain
Michigan 50-38 Obama
Michigan 53-40 Obama
Michigan 54-41 Obama
Minnesota 57-41 Obama
Missouri 48-48 TIE
Missouri 50-47 McCain
Mississippi 53-40 McCain
Montana 49-46 McCain
Montana 48-44 McCain
North Carolina 47-46 Obama
North Carolina 45-38 Obama
North Carolina 48-48 TIE
North Carolina 47-45 Obama
North Dakota 47-46 McCain
New Hampshire 56-41 Obama
New Hampshire 51-44 Obama
New Hampshire 51-44 Obama
New Hampshire 50-41 Obama
New Hampshire 53-42 Obama
New Hampshire 53-39 Obama
New Jersey 53-35 Obama
New Jersey 52-42 Obama
New Mexico 58-41 Obama
Ohio 57-41 Obama
Oklahoma 63-34 McCain 
Oregon 53-34 Obama
Oregon 57-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-43 Obama
Pennsylvania 49-44 Obama
Wisconsin 52-42 Obama
West Virginia 55-42 McCain
 
11 National Polls:
ABC/Post 53-44 Obama
AP-Yahoo 50-43 Obama
Battleground 49-45 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 48-41 Obama
Gallup 52-43 Obama
Harris Interactive 50-44 Obama
IBD/TIPP 48.2-43.8 Obama
Marist 50-43 Obama
Rasmussen 51-47 Obama
Research 2000 52-44 Obama
Zogby 50.1-43.1 Obama

Stocks 10/31/08

DOW Up 144.32 Up 1.57% to 9325.01
NASDAQ Up 22.43 Up 1.32% to 1720.95
S&P 500 Up 14.66 Up 1.54% to 968.75
OIL Up $1.85 Up 2.80% to $67.81

My Stocks Up $5036.82 Up 2.14% to $240,443.98
Johns Stocks Up $2307.42 Up 0.98% to 238,723.52

Friday, October 31, 2008

Ratings 10/31/08

Ratings for Thrusday 10/30/08

5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (431)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (550)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (624)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (1105)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (1270)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (1021)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (770)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (459)
Prime MSNBC (1012)

Gallup Daily 10/31/08

Registered Voters 52-41 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 51-43 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 52-43 Obama

Polls 10/31/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral College Obama 364 McCain 171 Ties 3
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 251 GOP 183 Ties 1

State Polls:
Arizona 48-44 McCain
California 55-33 Obama
Colorado 48-44 Obama
Colorado 51-45 Obama
Florida 45-44 Obama
Iowa 53-39 Obama
Iowa 55-40 Obama
Indiana 49-46 Obama
Kentucky 55-43 McCain
Louisiana 43-40 McCain 
Michigan 50-38 Obama
Minnesota 48-40 Obama
Montana 50-46 McCain
North Carolina 47-43 Obama
North Carolina 50-48 Obama
New Hampshire 53-40 Obama
New Jersey 53-35 Obama
Ohio 48-41 Obama
Oklahoma 63-34 McCain
Pennsylvania 47-43 Obama
South Carolina 53-42 McCain
South Carolina 52-44 McCain
Texas 51-40 McCain
Virginia 48-44 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Wisconsin 55-39 Obama

Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent 
Iowa *Tom Harkin (D) 61 - Christopher Reed (R) 35
Kentucky *Mitch McConnell (R) 51 - Bruce Lunsford (D) 44
Louisiana *Mary Landrieu (D) 49 - John Kennedy (R) 34
Michigan *Carl Levin (D) 54 - Jack Hoogendyk (R) 36
Minnesota Al Franken (D) 41 - *Norm Coleman (R) 37
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D) 48 - *John Sununu (R) 39
New Mexico Tom Udall (D) 56 - *Steve Pearce (R) 41
Oklahoma *James Inhofe (R) 56 - Andrew Rice (D) 36 
South Carolina *Lindsey Graham (R) 58 - Bob Conley (D) 39

House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Indiana-07 *Andre Carson (D) 53 - Gabrielle Campo (D) 38
New York-26 *Christopher Lee (R) 48 - Alice Kryzan (R) 34

Charlies Bus 10/30/08

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sports Scores 10/30/08

We Have One Game Tonight: Detroit Redwings @ San Jose Sharks 4-2 LOSS for the Red Wings Now 7-2-1

Polls 10/30/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 346.5 McCain 191.5 
Win Percentage Obama 96.3% McCain 3.7%
Popular Vote Obama 52.0% McCain 46.4%
Senate Dems 57.0- GOP 41.0 

34 State Polls:
Alabama 61-36 McCain
Arizona 49-43 McCain
Arizona 48-44 McCain
California 55-33 Obama
Colorado 51-45 Obama
Colorado 48-44 Obama
Florida 45-44 Obama
Iowa 55-40 Obama
Indiana 49-46 McCain
Indiana 45.9-45.3 Obama
Kentucky 55-43 McCain
Louisiana 43-40 McCain
Massachusetts 56-39 Obama
Minnesota 48-40 Obama
Minnesota 56-37 Obama
Montana 50-46 Obama
North Carolina 52-46 Obama
North Carolina 47-43 Obama
North Carolina 50-48 Obama
New Hampshire 53-40 Obama
New Hampshire 54-36 Obama
New Jersey 54-38 Obama
Nevada 50-43 Obama
Ohio 50-43 Obama
Ohio 48-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama 
Pennsylvania 47-43 Obama
Pennsylvania 54-41 Obama
South Carolina 53-42 McCain
South Carolina 52-44 McCain
Texas 51-40 McCain
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Virginia 48-44 Obama
Wisconsin 55-38 Obama

11 National Polls:
ABC/Post 52-44 Obama
Battleground 49-46 Obama
CBS/NYT 52-39 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 48-42 Obama
Economist/YouGov 49-42 Obama
FOX 47-44 Obama
Gallup 51-44 Obama
IBD/TIPP 47.7-43.6 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 50-45 Obama
Zogby 50.2-43.3 Obama

Stocks 10/30/08

DOW Up 189.73 Up 2.11% to 9180.69
NASDAQ Up 41.31 Up 2.49%
S&P 500 Up 24.00 Up 2.58% to 954.09
OIL DOWN $1.54 DOWN 2.28% to $65.96

My Stocks Up $4075.20 Up 1.76% to $235,407.16
Johns Stocks Up $5572.98 Up 2.40% to $238,092.67

Ratings 10/30/08 Mediabistro.com)

Ratings for Wednesday 10/29/08:

5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (395)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (567)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (680)
8p MSNBC Obama Ad/Coundown W/ Kieth Olbermann (1380/1739)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (1272)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (1095)
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (1053)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (490)
Prime MSNBC (1265)

Gallup Daily 10/30/08

Registered Voters 50-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 50-45 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 51-44 Obama

Polls 10/30/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote- Obama 375 McCain 157 Ties 6
Senate: Dems 58 GOP 41 Ties 1
House: Dems 251 GOP 183 Ties 1

29 State Polls:
Alaska 57-41 McCain
Alabama 61-36 Obama
Arizona 53-46 McCain
Colorado 53-45 Obama
Delaware 63-33 Obama
Florida 51-47 Obama
Georgia 52-47 McCain
Indiana 46-45 Obama
Kansas 58-37 Obama
Massachusetts 56-39 Obama
Michigan 53-43 Obama
Minnesota 55-43 Obama
Minnesota 56-37 Obama
Missouri 50-48 McCain
North Carolina 52-46 Obama
New Hampshire 55-37 Obama
New Jersey 54-38 Obama
New Mexico 54-44 Obama
Nevada 50-45 Obama
Nevada 52-45 Obama
New York 62-33 Obama
Ohio 48-45 Obama
Ohio 51-47 Obama
Pennsylvania 55-41 Obama
Utah 55-32 McCain
Virginia 48-39 Obama
Virginia 49-42 Obama
Virginia 53-44 Obama
Wisconsin 53-42 Obama

12 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Alaska Mark Begich (D) 52 - *Ted Stevens (R) 45
Alabama *Jeff Sessions (R) 65 - Vivian Figures (D) 32
Colorado Mark Udall (D) 48 - *Bob Schaffer (R) 36
Delaware *Joe Biden (D) 66 - Christine O'Donnell (R) 32
Kansas * Pat Roberts (R) 60 - Jim Slattery (D) 33
Massachusetts *John Kerry (D) 54 - Jeff Beatty (R) 38
Minnesota Norm Coleman (R) 43 - Al Franken (D) 39
North Carolina *Elizabeth Dole (R) 46 - Kay Hagan (D) 42
North Carolina Kay Hagan (D) 47 - *Elizabeth Dole (R) 42
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D) 47 - *John Sununu (R) 41  
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 57 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 22
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 58 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 32

5 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Indiana-03 *Mark Souder (R) 45 - Michael Montagano (D) 40 
Kentucky-02 *Brett Gurthrie (R) 53 - David Boswell (R) 43
Missouri-06 *Sam Graves (R) 54 - Kay Barnes (D) 36
Oregon-05 *Kurt Schrader (D) 55 - Mike Erickson (R) 31
Pennsylvania-12 *John Murtha (D) 46 - William Russell (R) 44 

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Wednesday 10/29/08's Bus: 3006

Sports 10/29/08

A New Feature at Dow-polls-trains: Detroit Sports Scores
Detroit Pistons: (1-0) with a 100-94 Win over Indiana
Detroit Redwings (7-1-1) Lose 5-4 in Overtime on the road in Anaheim 
Detroit Lions (0-7) with a 25-17 Home Loss to Washington
Michigan Wolverines Football (2-6) with a 35-21 Loss to Michigan State at home 
As an aside the Philadelphia Phillies Won the World Series 4 Games to 1 tonight at home with a 4-3 Win. This is their First World Series Win since 1980.
Philadelphia Phillies Championship years: 1980, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Polls 10/29/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 344.1 McCain 193.9
Win Percentage: Obama 95.7% McCain 4.3%
Popular Vote: Obama 52.0% McCain 46.6%
Senate: Dems 57.0 GOP 41.0

37 State Polls:
Alaska 57-41 McCain
Arizona 46-44 McCain
Colorado 50-41 Obama
Colorado 50-43 Obama
Delaware 63-33 Obama
Florida 45-43 Obama
Florida 50-45 Obama
Florida 47-45 Obama
Georgia 50-46 Obama
Idaho 55-32 McCain
Kansas 58-37 McCain 
Michigan 53-43 Obama
Minnesota 55-43 Obama
Missouri 48-46 McCain
North Carolina 48-46 Obama
New Hampshire 55-37 Obama
New Hampshire 58-34 Obama
New Hampshire 58-33 Obama
New Mexico 54-44 Obama
Nevada 52-40 Obama
Nevada 50-45 Obama
New York 62-33 Obama
Ohio 48-41 Obama
Ohio 48- 45 Obama
Ohio 51-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 55-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Utah 55-32 McCain
Virginia 49-42 Obama
Virginia 51-42 Obama
Vermont 57-36 Obama
Washington 54-42 Obama
Washington 56-39 Obama
Wisconsin 53-42 Obama

8 National Polls:
ABC/POST 52-44 Obama
Battleground 49-46 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 49-42 Obama
Gallup 51-44 Obama
IBD/TIPP 46.9-43.9 Obama
Rasmussen 50-47 Obama
Research 2000 50-45 Obama
Zogby 49.1-44.4 Obama

Stocks 10/29/08

DOW DOWN 74.16 DOWN 0.82% to 8990.96
NASDAQ Up 7.74 Up 0.47% to 1657.21
S&P 500 DOWN 10.42 DOWN 1.11% to 930.09
OIL Up $4.77 Up 7.60% to $67.50

My Stocks DOWN $3518.08 DOWN 1.50% to $231,331.95
Johns Stocks DOWN $1134.56 DOWN 0.49% to $232,599.67

Ratings 10/29/08

Rating for Tuesday 10/28/08:

5p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (401)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (478)
7p FOX NEWS Fox Report W/ Shepard Smith (611)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (1129)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (1149)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (923)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (693)

Total Day FOX NEWS (473)
Prime FOX NEWS (1061)

Gallup Daily 10/29/08

Registered Voters 51-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 49-46 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 51-44 Obama

Polls 10/29/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Obama 364 McCain 157 Ties 17
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 252 GOP 182 Ties 1

31 State Polls:
Arkansas 54-44 McCain
Arizona 46-44 McCain
Colorado 50-41 Obama
Colorado 53-45 Obama
Florida 45-43 Obama
Florida 47-45 Obama
Florida 50-43 Obama
Georgia 48-47 McCain
Indiana 47-45  McCain
Indiana 48-47 Obama
Louisiana 51-38 McCain
Mississippi 53-45 McCain
Montana 48-44 McCain
North Carolina 47-47 TIE
North Carolina 48-46 Obama
New Hampshire 50-39 Obama
New Hampshire 58-33 Obama
Nevada 50-40 Obama
Nevada 50-46 Obama
Nevada 52-40 Obama
Ohio 48-41 Obama
Ohio 49-40 Obama
Ohio 49-45 Obama
Ohio 51-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-46 Obama
Washington 56-39 Obama

2 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Louisiana *Mary Landrieu (D) 53 - John Kennedy (R) 34
Mississippi *Roger Wicker (R) 54 - Ronnie Musgrove (D) 43

4 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent 
Indiana-03 Michael Montagano (D) 44 - *Mark Souder (R) 42
Kentucky-04  *Geoff Davis (R) 58 - Michael Kelley (D) 37
Minnesota-03 *Erik Paulson (R) 45 - Ashwin Madia (D) 44
Ohio-15 Mary Jo Kilroy (D) 47 - *Steve Stivers 41

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Polls 10/28/08 (fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 348.2 - McCain 189.8
Win Percentage Obama 96.2% - McCain 3.8%
Popular Vote Obama 52.1% - McCain 46.5%
Senate Dems 57.0 GOP 41.0

25 State Polls:
Arkansas 54-44 McCain
Arizona 49-41 McCain
Colorado 51-42 Obama
Florida 49.2-44.4 Obama 
Florida 50-43 Obama
Georgia 48-47 McCain
Indiana 47-45 McCain
Indiana 46-45 Obama
Louisiana 50.6-38.3 Obama
Maine 54-33 Obama
Mississippi 53-45 McCain
Montana 48-44 McCain
North Carolina 47-47 TIE
New Hampshire 50-39 Obama 
New Hampshire 55-39 Obama
New Jersy 53-38 Obama
Nevada 50-46 Obama
Nevada 50-40 Obama
Ohio 49-40 Obama
Ohio 49-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-45 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-46 Obama
Virginia 48-39 Obama
Wisconsin 50-41 Obama

11 National Polls:
ABC/Post 52-45 Obama
ARG 50-45 Obama
Battleground 49-46 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-42 Obama
Gallup 51-44 Obama
IBD/TIPP 47.7-43.7 Obama
Ipsos 48-42 Obama
Pew 53-38 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 50-44 Obama
Zogby 49-44.7 Obama

Stocks 10/28/08

DOW Up 889.35 Up 10.88% to 9065.12
NASDAQ Up 143.57 Up 9.53% to 1649.47
S&P 500 Up 91.59 Up 10.79% to 940.51
OIL DOWN $.49 DOWN 0.78% to $62.73

MY STOCKS Up $21,063.42 Up 9.85% to $234,850.05
JOHNS STOCKS Up $21,044.34 Up 9.89% to $233,734.23

Ratings 10/28/08 Pt. 3

Ratings for Monday 10/27/08:

5p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (431)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (474)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (676)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (1081)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (964)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (829)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (642)

Total-Day FOX NEWS (429)
Prime MSNBC (908)

Ratings 10/28/08 Pt. 2

Ratings for Sunday 10/26/08:

5p CNN Ballot Bowl (320)
6p FOX NEWS Fox News Sunday (306)
7p CNN Lou Dobbs This Week (350)
8p FOX NEWS Huckabee (415)
9p FOX NEWS Hannity's America (626)
10p FOX NEWS Geraldo at Large (502)
11p CNN  CNN Newsroom (499)

Total-Day FOX NEWS (311)
Prime FOX NEWS (514)

Ratings 10/28/08 Pt.1

Ratings For Saturday 10/25/08:
 
5p CNN Ballot Bowl (350)
6p CNN This Week In Politics (330)
7p MSNBC MSNBC Investigates (384)
8p MSNBC MSNBC Investigates (419)
9p CNN Larry King Live (549)
10p CNN  D.L. Hughley Breaks The News (648)
11p CNN CNN Newsroom (650)

Total Day CNN (375)
Prime CNN (529)

Gallup Daily 10/28/08

Registered Voters 50-43 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 49-47 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 51-44 Obama

Polls 10/28/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 364 McCain 157 Ties 17
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 252 GOP 182 Ties 1

25 State Polls:
Arizona 49-41 McCain
Arizona 51-46 McCain
California 61-34 Obama
Colorado 50-46 Obama
Florida 49-44 Obama
Florida 49-44 Obama
Florida 51-47 Obama
Iowa 52-42 Obama
Missouri 48-47 Obama
Missouri 48-48 TIE
Mississippi 46-33 McCain
North Carolina 49-48 McCain
New Hampshire 50-45 Obama
New York 62-31 Obama
Ohio 49-45 Obama
Oregon 49-41 Obama
Oregon 57-38 Obama
Pennsylvania 50-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Virginia 51-40 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Virginia 52-43 Obama
Virginia 52-44 Obama
Vermont 57-36 Obama
Washington 55-34 Obama

7 Senate Polls * Indicates Incumbent
Colorado Mark Udall (D) 51 - *Bob Schaffer (R) 38
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D) 49 - * John Sununu (R) 38
Oregon Jeff Merkley (D) 45 - * Gordon Smith (R) 40
Oregon Jeff Merkley (D) 49 - * Gordon Smith (R) 42
Viginia Mark Warner (D) 61 - * Jim Gilmore (R) 27
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 61 - *Jim Gilmore (R) 31
Virginia Mark Warner (D) 63 - * Jim Gilmore (R) 32

6 House Polls * Indicates Incumbent
Georgia-08 *Jim Marshall (D) 49 - Rick Goddard (R) 45 
Kansas-03 *Dennis Moore (D) 53 - Nick Jordan (R) 42
New Hampshire-01 * Carol Shea-Porter (D) 48 - Jeb Bradley (R) 40 
New Hampshire-02 *Paul Hodes (D) 48 - Jennifer Horn (R) 26
South Carolina-01 *Henry Brown, Jr. (R) 50 - Linda Ketner (D) 45
Texas-07 * John Culberson (R) 48 - Michael Skelly (D) 41 

Polls 10/27/08 (fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections
Electoral Vote: 351.1 Obama 186.9 McCain
Win Percentage: 96.7% Obama 3.3% McCain
Popular Vote: 52.4% Obama 46.0% McCain
Senate Dems 57.0 GOP 41.0

32 State Polls:
Arizona 51-46 McCain
Arizona 43.5-41.5 McCain
California 61-34 Obama
Colorado 50-46 Obama
Florida 51-47 Obama
Florida 49-44 Obama
Florida 47.2-46.9 Obama
Iowa 52-42 Obama
Indiana 50.2-44 McCain
Missouri 48-47 Obama
Missouri 48-48 TIE
Missouri 48.2-45.7 Obama
North Carolina 49-48 Obama
North Carolina 49-48 McCain
North Carolina 49.7-46.4 Obama
New Hampshire 50-45 Obama
Nevada 48.2-44 Obama
New York 62-31 Obama
Ohio 49-45 Obama
Ohio 44.6-40.9 Obama
Ohio 49.7-45.1 Obama
Oklahoma 61.6-34.8 McCain
Oregon 57-38 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-43 Obama
Virginia 52-44 Obama
Virginia 51-47 Obama
Virginia 52-43 Obama
Virginia 51-43 Obama
Virginia 52-44.3 Obama
Washington 55-34 Obama
West Virginia 50.3-40.4 McCain

8 National Polls:
ABC/Post 52-45 Obama
Battleground 49-46 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-42 Obama
Gallup 53-43 Obama
IBD/TIPP 47-44.2 Obama
Rasmussen 51-46 Obama
Research 2000 49-44 Obama
Zogby 49.9-45.1 Obama

Monday, October 27, 2008

Stocks 10/27/08

DOW DOWN 203.18 DOWN  2.42% to 8175.77
NASDAQ DOWN 46.13 DOWN 2.97% to 1505.90
S&P 500 DOWN 27.85 DOWN 3.18% to 848.92
OIL DOWN $.93 DOWN 1.45% to $63.22

My Stocks DOWN $7222.15 DOWN 3.27% to $213,786.63
Johns Stocks DOWN $7495.22 DOWN 3.40% to $212,689.89

Ratings 10/27/08

Ratings for Friday 10/24/08

5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (462)
6p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (516)
7p MSNBC Hardball W/ Chris Matthews (640)
8p MSNBC Countdown W/ Keith Olbermann (912)
9p MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show (828)
10p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (823)
11p CNN Anderson Cooper 360 (533)

Total day FOX NEWS (379)
Prime MSNBC (771)

Gallup Daily 10/27/08

Registered Voters 52-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 50-45 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 53-43 Obama

Polls 10/27/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral College Obama 375 McCain 157 Ties 6
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 252 GOP 182 Ties 1

19 State Polls:
Arizona 44-42 McCain
Connecticut 56-31 Obama
Florida 47-47 TIE
Georgia 49-43 McCain
Iowa 51-40 Obama
Indiana 50-44 McCain
Missouri 46-45 McCain
Missouri 48-46 Obama
Missouri 48-47 Obama
Mississippi 46-33 McCain
North Carolina 50-46 Obama
New Hampshire 54-39 Obama
Nevada 48-44 Obama
Ohio 45-41 Obama
Ohio 50-45 Obama
Virginia 52-45 Obama
Wisconsin 51-44 Obama
West Virginia 50-40 McCain
West Virginia 49-43 McCain

6 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Massachusetts *John Kerry (D) 56 - Jeff Beatty (R) 19
Minnesota *Norm Coleman (R) 36 - Al Franken (D) 27
Minnesota Al Franken (D) 40 - * Norm Coleman (R) 34
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D) 49 - *John Sununu (R) 36
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (D) 50 - *John Sununu (R) 43
New Jersy *Frank Lautenberg (D) 52 - Richard Zimmer 36

10 House Polls * Indicates Incumbent 
Arizona-03 *John Shadegg (R) 50 - Bob Lord (D) 40
California-04 Charlie Brown (D) 48 - *Tom McClintock (R) 42
Florida-13 *Vern Buchanan (R) 45 - Christine Jennings (D) 34 
Florida-21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) 45 - Raul Martinez (D) 44 
Florida-25 Mario Diaz-Balart (R) 46 - Joe Garcia (D) 43
Maryland-01 *Andy Harris (R) 44 - Frank Kratovil (D) 40
New Hampshire-01 *Carol Shea-Porter (D) 44 - Jeb Bradley (R) 39
Nevada-03 Dina Titus (D) 47 - *Jon Porter (R) 45
Texas-22 Peter Olson (R) 53 - *Nick Lampson (D) 36   
Washington-08 *Dave Reichert (R) 46 - Darcy Burner (D) 46 

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Polls 10/26/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote 351.2 Obama - 186.8 McCain
Popular Vote Win Percentage 96.7% Obama 3.3% McCain
Senate Dems 56.6 GOP 41.4

12 State Polls:
Arizona 44-40 McCain
Connecticut 56-31 Obama
Georgia 49-43 McCain
Iowa 51-40 Obama
Iowa 54-39 Obama
Missouri 46-45 McCain
Mississippi 46-33 McCain
New Hampshire 54-39 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-40 Obama
Virginia 52-43 Obama
Wisconsin 51-44 Obama
West Virgina 49-43 McCain

7 National Polls:
ABC/Post 52-45 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-42 Obama
Gallup 52-43 Obama
IBD/TIPP 46.5-43.3 Obama
Rasmussen 52-44 Obama
Research 2000 50-41 Obama
Zogby 49.4-44.1

Gallup Daily 10/26/08

Registered Voters 51-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 50-45 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 52-43 Obama

Polls 10/26/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote Obama 375 McCain 157 6 Ties
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 252 GOP 182 Ties 1

7 State Polls:
Arkansas 52-41 McCain
Colorado 52-40 Obama
Iowa 54-39 Obama
Illinois 59-35 Obama
Ohio 49-46 Obama
South Dakota 50-41 McCain
Tennessee 54-38 McCain

3 Senate Polls: *Indicates Incumbent 
Iowa *Tom Harkin (D) 54 - Christopher Reed (R) 40
New Hampshire  Jeanne Shaheen (D) 52 - *John Sununu (R) 46
Tennessee *Lamar Alexander (R) 59 - Robert Tuke (D) 37

5 House Polls: *Indicates Incumbent
Iowa-04 *Tom Latham (R) 47 - Becky Greenwald (D) 42
North Carolina-10 *Patrick McHenry (R) 52 - Daniel Johnson (D) 37
South carolina-01 *Henry Brown, Jr. (R) 48 - Linda Ketner (D) 37
South Carolina 02 *Joe Wilson (R) 47 - Rob Miller (D) 35
Texas-10 *Michael McCaul (R) 46 - Larry Doherty (D) 42

Polls 10/25/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 349.9 McCain 188.1
Win Percentage: Obama 95.7% McCain 4.3%
Popular Vote: Obama 52.3% McCain 46.4%
Senate: Dems 56.6 GOP 41.4

12 State Polls:
Arkansas: 52-41 McCain
Colorado: 52-40 Obama
Illinois: 59-35 Obama
Minnesota: 43-37 Obama
Missouri: 48-47 Obama
New Jersy 56-39 Obama
New York 65-29 Obama
Ohio: 51-44 Obama
Ohio: 49-46 Obama
Pennsylvania: 52-41 Obama
South Dakota: 50-41 McCain
Tennessee: 54-38 McCain

8 National Polls:
ABC/Post: 53-44 Obama
Diageo/Hotline: 50-43 Obama
Gallup: 51-43 Obama
IBD/TIPP: 45.8-41.9 Obama
Newsweek: 53-41 Obama
Rasmussen 52-44 Obama
Research 2000: 51-40 Obama
Zogby: 51.1-41.6 Obama

Polls 10/25/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral College Obama 375 McCain 157 Ties 6
Senate Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 252 GOP 182 Ties 1

13 State Polls:
Florida 48-47 Obama
Georgia 48-47 Obama
Iowa 52-44 Obama
Massachusetts 54-34 Obama
Minnesota 42-37 Obama
North Carolina 45-44 Obama 
North Carolina 50-48 McCain
New Hampshire 50-46 Obama
New Jersy 56-39 Obama
New York 65-29 Obama
Ohio 52-42 Obama
South Carolina 55-35 McCain
Virginia 45-44 Obama

3 Senate Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 44% - Jim Martin (D) 42%
Michigan * Carl Levin (D) 58 - Jack Hoogendyk (R) 30
Oregon   Jeff Merkley (D)36 *Gordon Smith (R) 35

8 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Alabama-02 *Jay Love (R) 47 - Bobby Bright (D) 45
Illinois-10 Dan Seals (D) 49 - *Mark Kirk (R) 43
Indiana-09 *Baron Hill (D) 54 - Mike Sodrel (R) 39
Minnesota-06 Elwyn Tinklenburg (D) 45 - *Michele Bachman (R) 43
Missouri-09  Judy Baker (D) 47 -*Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) 42
New Jersy-05 *Scott Garrett (R) 47 - Dennis Shulman (D) 40
Pennsylvania *Jason Altmire (D) 53 - Melissa Hart (R) 35
South Dakota-AL *Stephanie Herseth (R) 67 - Chris Lien (R) 22

Gallup Daily 10/25/08

Registered Voters 51-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 51-44 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 51-43 Obama

Friday, October 24, 2008

Polls 10/24/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 348.4 McCain 189.6
Win Percentage: Obama 94.9% McCain 5.1%
Popular Vote: Obama 52.0% McCain 46.5%
Senate: Dems 56.6 GOP 41.4

22 State Polls:
Alabama 54-34 McCain
Florida 48-47 Obama
Florida 48-46 McCain
Georgia 48-47 Obama  
Georgia 51-45 McCain
Iowa 52-44 Obama
Kentucky 55-39 Obama
Massachusetts 53-34 Obama
Michigan 51-37 Obama
Minnesota  50-40 Obama
North Carolina 50-48 Obama
North Carolina 44.6-44.2 Obama
New Hampshire 50-46 Obama
Ohio 52-42 Obama
Ohio 48-45 McCain
Oregon 48-34 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 50-43 Obama
South Carolina 55.1-34.9 McCain
Virginia 44.6-43.6 Obama
Wisconsin 53-40 Obama

9 National Polls:
Battleground 49-46 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 50-43 Obama
Economist/YouGov 49-41 Obama
Gallup 51-44 Obama
GQR 52-43 Obama
IBD/TIPP 45.8-42.3 Obama
Rasmussen 52-45 Obama
Research 2000 53-39 Obama
Zogby 51.3-41 Obama

Stocks 10/24/08

DOW DOWN 312.30 DOWN 3.59% to 8378.95
NASDAQ DOWN 51.88 DOWN 3.23% to 1552.03
S&P 500 DOWN 31.34 DOWN 3.45% to 876.77
OIL DOWN $3.69 DOWN 5.44% to $64.15

My Stocks DOWN 7329.17 DOWN 3.21% to 221,008.77
Johns Stocks DOWN $6209.70 DOWN 2.74% to $220,185.13

Ratings 10/24/08

Ratings for Thursday 10/23/08:

5p CNN The Situation Room W/ Wolf Blitzer (353)
6p FOX NEWS Special Report W/ Brit Hume (373)
7p FOX NEWS Studio B W/ Shepard Smith (502)
8p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (888)
9pFOX NEWS Hannity & Colmes (900)
10p FOX NEWS On The Record W/ Greta Van Susteren (856)
11p FOX NEWS The O'Reilly Factor (686)
Total-Day FOX NEWS (401)
Prime FOX NEWS (882)

Gallup Daily 10/24/08

Registered Voters 50-42 Obama
Likely Voters (Traditional) 50-45 Obama
Likely Voters (Expanded) 51-44 Obama

Polls 10/24/08 (Electoral-vote.com)

Projections:
Electoral Vote: Obama 375 McCain 157 Ties 6
Senate: Dems 59 GOP 41
House Dems 251 GOP 183 Ties 1

32 State Polls:
Arkansas 51-36 McCain
California 56-33 Obama
Florida 49-42 Obama
Florida 49-44 Obama
Georgia 51-46 McCain
Iowa 52-39 Obama
Illinois 61-32 Obama
Indiana 49-45 Obama
Indiana 51-41 Obama
Kansas 53-41 McCain
Kentucky 55-39 McCain
Louisiana 57-41 McCain
Maine 56-35 Obama
Michigan 51-37 Obama
Michigan 58-36 Obama
Minnesota 50-40 Obama
Minnesota 56-41 Obama
Minnesota 57-38 Obama
Montana 44-40 Obama
Ohio 52-38 Obama
Ohio 53-41 Obama
Oregon 48-34 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Texas 54-44 McCain
Washington 54-43 Obama
Wisconsin 53-40 Obama
Wisconsin 53-40 Obama
West Virginia 49-44 McCain

5 Senate Polls: *Indicates Incumbent
Georgia *Saxby Chambliss (R) 47 - Jim Martin (D) 45
Kansas *Pat Roberts (R) 57 - Jim Slattery (D) 35
Louisiana *Mary Landrieu (D) 53 - John Kennedy (D) 43
Maine *Susan Collins (R) 54 - Tom Allen (D) 42
Minnesota Al Franken (D) 41 - *Norm Coleman (R) 37

2 House Polls *Indicates Incumbent
Kentucky *John Yarmuth (D) 57 - Anne Northup (R) 
Minnesota Elwyn Tinklenburg (D) 46 - *Michele Bachman (R) 44

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Polls 10/23/08 (Fivethirtyeight.com)

Projections
Electoral Vote: Obama 354.4 - McCain 183.6
Win Percentage: Obama 96.3% - McCain 3.7%
Popular Vote: 52.2% Obama - 46.4% McCain
Senate: Dems 56.7 - GOP 41.3

29 State Polls:
Arkansas 49-36 McCain
California 56-33 Obama
Florida 49-42 Obama
Florida 49-44 Obama
Georgia 51-46 McCain
Iowa 52.4-39.1 Obama
Illinois 61.2-31.6 Obama
Indiana 51-41.5 Obama
Indiana 49-45 Obama
Kansas 53-41 McCain
Louisiana 57-41 McCain
Maine 56-35 Obama
Michigan 58.1-35.8 Obama
Minnesota 57.3-37.9 Obama
Minnesota 50-40 Obama
Minnesota 56-41 Obama
Montana 44.4-40.2 Obama
North Carolina 48.4-46.4 Obama
Ohio 52.5-41 Obama
Ohio 52-38 Obama
Pennsylvania 51.9-41.5 Obama
Pennsylvania 52-42 Obama
Pennsylvania 51-41 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-40 Obama
Pennsylvania 53-41 Obama
Texas 54-44 McCain
Washington 54-43 Obama
Wisconsin 52.9-40.5 Obama
Wisconsin 53-40 Obama

10 National Polls
ABC/POST 54-43 Obama
Battleground 49-45 Obama
Big Ten 51.5-42.5 Obama
CBS/NYT 52-39 Obama
Diageo/Hotline 48-43 Obama
Gallup 51-45 Obama
IBD/TIPP 44.8-43.7 Obama
Rasmussen 52-45 Obama
Research 2000 51-41 Obama
Zogby 52.2-40.3 Obama