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From Reuters:The U.S. stock market would fare better in the first year after a victory by Republican presidential candidate John McCain than by his Democratic rival Barack Obama, according to a majority of economists at U.S. banks and research groups polled by Reuters. ...On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "very good", 12 economists gave McCain's proposals higher marks, while nine rated the two can...
Here's the video clip on CNBC's site. I think this is part one, and I think this is part two. I cross swords with Forbes columnist Quentin Hardy, one of these journalists who frequently appear on the show who, well, simply don't know what the hell they are talking about. Must be tough to fill five hours a week with knowledgeable people. Once you run out, the remainder are, of course, not knowledgea...
...as usual in Washington. Here's Tim Carney:Follow the divergent treatment recently of four different financial companies suffering from the mortgage crisis, and you begin to detect a pattern: The well-connected — with big lobbying budgets and generous campaign contributions — get special favors from Washington, while the others get special abuse. Government-backed mortgage companies Fannie Mae an...
Or for that matter, why do they say he's a different breed of politician? Read this fragment from an ABC News interview from Iraq. This stumbling and evasive response by Obama isn't exactly a signal of "change," now is it? Anyone frustrated with George W. Bush's failure to speak clearly and intelligently isn't going to get any relief from Obama, if this is a sample.TERRY MORAN: If you had to do it...
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