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thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - 7 hours ago
Peering through the glass darkly, it is hard to know what the future beholds. Is the global collapse of the credit market, and the accompanying collapse of the stock market, a harbinger of bad things to come? Are we …
Also tagged: presidential campaign, the military
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - 8 hours ago
With the financial markets sinking, Armstrong Williams compares the situation on Wall Street to that of his own family's experiences working a farm. Williams points out that not everyone gets a bailout, so why Wall …
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - 8 hours ago
The winning candidates will face a real losing proposition when they actually have to take charge. They will finally have no choice but to deal with the question they've been avoiding like the plague during the …
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 9, 2008
David Broder and Joe Klein converge on a similar argument in their columns today: Barack Obama is likely to be the next president of the United States and he has yet to transition to a governing posture where he will …
Also tagged: presidential campaign
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 9, 2008
When politicians tell voters that the government will create jobs through infrastructure programs, they do not realize that these programs may crowd out jobs in the private sector. The money for these infrastructure …
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 8, 2008
We always have to declare winners and losers. So I should point out it was a clear victory for Barack Obama that William Ayers did not attend the debate. He was not in the audience, was not part of the discussion …
Also tagged: presidential campaign
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 8, 2008
Many people (including Yours Truly) were concerned that the $700 billion rescue plan was a coordinated effort to bail out the Wall Street executives whose firms contributed to the crisis that has consumed the global …
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 8, 2008
I remember late in 1992 when George Bush the First was running against Bill Clinton. I worked for House Minority Leader Bob Michel (R-Ill.) at the time. The Michel team was trying to help the Bush campaign any way it …
Also tagged: presidential campaign
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 8, 2008
Steve Fraser, who writes about Wall Street, noticed the other day a banner in the crowd there that said, “Jump!” It recalls an image of 1929 that has become a conditioned reflex: Wall Street bankers, the few and the …
Also tagged: state and local politics
thehill.com » The Hill's Pundits Blog - Oct 7, 2008
Voters are told by politicians that the government can raise more money by increasing taxes on the rich. However, they must follow the logical progression of the effect of higher taxes on the rich to see the true …