BBC provides a guide to the Joes in American politics -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7679987.stm
Chaste provides a link to an excellent NYRB article on Georgia by USC professor, Robert English -
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22011
NY Times has a story about international monitors calling into question Georgian claims -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/europe/07georgia.html?em
Barack Obama will be the 44th president of United States
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05campaign.html
Article on housing - which is essentially a heavily subsidized, and none-too-productive asset -
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5LoEiJ0IyAo
