ALL THINGS 2012 -- LISA'S COUNTDOWN BLOG

In the beginning, and the middle, when we said 2012, we might as well have said 2112. Not anymore. The end is coming into focus, into context. Pretty soon everyone will be talking about it:

“A new Quinnipiac poll finds that if Joe Lieberman ran for a fifth term in 2012 against Connecticut's Dem Attorney General he would lose 58% to 30%.” Talking Points Memo, Feb. 10, 2009.

“The endorsed [Purple Line] proposal would run light-rail trains, which are similar to streetcars and use overhead electrical wires, primarily aboveground and along local streets … It is estimated that the line would average as many as 62,600 trips a day by 2030. If the project gets federal funding, construction could begin in 2012, officials said. “ Washington Post, Jan. 28, 2009.