TUESDAY’S MINI-REPORT…. Today’s edition of quick hits:
* Wall Street rebounded today: “The Dow Jones industrial average added 485 points, according to early tallies, recovering some of the record 777 points lost the day before. If the gains hold, it would be the third-biggest one-day point advance for the indicator in its history. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5% and the Nasdaq composite gained about 5.3%.”
* The news was not all good, however, as credit markets remain frozen.
* A long-term security agreement is still pending between the Maliki government and the Bush administration. The sticking point? Civil jurisdiction over U.S. troops.
* New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in his second term, and the city has a two-term limit. He is, apparently, going to seek a third term anyway.
* Did Gingrich screw over Boehner on the bailout vote?
* The television audience for the first presidential debate was big, but not nearly as big as expected.
* McCain certainly made it sound like he thinks Venezuela is in the Middle East.
* Gwen Ifill broke her ankle today, but she’ll still moderate Thursday’s debate.
* And on Oct. 16, in support of the Obama campaign, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will play their first concert together.
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.
