Comments on Bush Sinks to New Low, Obama Bobs Above the Rest
McCain can still pull a rabbit from his hat... don't count him out yet.
That's not his hat, it's his ass, and nobody wants to see a rabbit that's been rotting in an old guy's ass for thirty years.
I hate these kinds of polls, because there is never an option for "I think Obama's response sucks too, just not as much".
Perhaps a first: Slog here too pessimistic about Obama. Economic woes making him more and more likely to win.
General principles of elections; bad economic hews helpd Democrats, and Obama doing a pretty good job of looking presidential. McCain not, and his party looks dumb for abanddoning the "bailout" legislation (n.b.: dumb messaging, it's a chance to buy low and start socializing with low priced asset purchases).
On the other hand, neither one of them is really doing any great leaership at all. I mean folks like Inslee and the CBC largely voted no. WTF? We lost a trillion dollars yesterday.
Meanwhile over in Europe last night they nationalized a few more banks toute suite without all these free market shenanigans and with broad sectors of the left understanding nationalization ain't a bailout for free.
You something in return, duh.
Real clear today no toss up showing OBama with NM CO VA and NC. That is changing the map.
Credit -- it's due. (But the huge "assist" -- unforeseen eco. meltdown -- makes this Obama gain more of a fortuity than not).
Unity y'all--
Yeah, he's a blowhard, but Michael Moore nails it when he calls bullshit on this pay-the-criminals bailout crap:
Someone needs to tell Barack Obama how to close a deal.
The issue here is not the substance of the bailout, it is the appearance of government flailing in the face of challenge.
O has the opening here to tip people his way by being the voice of reason, the person in the midst of chaos who charts a rational path.
There are two possible courses he could follow--
1) he could bet that a deal will be forthcoming and align himself as the fixer of a package that was clearly unacceptable to the majority of americans. More protections for taxpayers, tighter controls on executive discretion, and a lower sticker price would probably be enough to distinguish a new package from the old one. If he can articulate such distinctions and associate himself with a solution, he comes out as a winner.
2) He could suggest the solution be postponed until after the election, that the President call a lame duck session of Congress, and that the whole dialogue and decision thereby be insulated from the pressures of election-cycle poltiics. That puts him back on the footing of his change theme, by suggesting a new way of attacking the problem.
Either way, he's got to close the deal in part by being the catalyst for reason on the economic crisis.
What everyone missed is that hours after the bailout the Fed injected 700 Billion into the money supply -- essential the same exact thing as the bailout!
Get ready for hyperinflation -- and it's really needed.
Obama earning more points with me today. At 10:15 he's giving a great speech on the so called bailout.
Saying it's pay the cirminals is wrong, and dumb.
He's explaining it's not a bailout.
We purchase assets. They have value. Right now the value it artifically low due to failure of the market. After we purchase, their value can rise. And he explains if we have a loss he wants entire financial sector to cover it.
The notion it's paying criminals is soooooooo stupid and wrong. When we did this with RTC the govt. made money. When Sweden did it in the 1990s they made money. It's been shown to work, in the real world.
I hope Obama can convince ill infomred people who view it as a pay the criminals scheme.
I hope Obama takes overall leadership on this issue, that would be great.
It's a rescue plan, he is saying, and he hopes it won't be an end to what we need to do for our economy but only a beginning.
Boy I love hearing that. Great way to set it up so that after this is passed and starts working, he gets the credit and crtedibility to then move on to greening the economy and doing the rest of his program.
That's what we want.
Can't do it if entire economy collapses.
Riiiiiiight?
Fear only works if McCain can make himself out as the guy who can save us. He isn't and he can't. He's completely incompetent on the economy, remember? And now he has proven that he's not even a strong leader.
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