Reid lost the debate to Angle  —  Let's get the easy part out of the way first:  —  Sharron Angle won The Big Debate.  —  Angle won because she looked relatively credible, appearing not to be the Wicked Witch of the West (Christine O'Donnell is the good witch of the Tea Party) and scoring many more rhetorical points.

Angle burns through much of her staggering $14 million haul  —  Nevada Republican Sharron Angle announced earlier this week she raised a staggering $14 million between the start of July and the end of September.  Observers seized on the impressive total as a sign her challenge …

The Treasury's defense of HAMP  —  My column this morning was not kind toward the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP.  When officials from Treasury called to press their case, I suggested a Q&A format so that you all could hear their argument.  The participants were Phyllis Caldwell …

Column: Four ways the foreclosure mess could be used to help homeowners  —  If you didn't think the gods of financial crises had a sense of humor, consider that the latest economic threat is that foreclosures have largely stopped.  What's next?  Our (401)ks are looking too full?