NBER for Obama!

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 10:25 AM PDT

2008/10/04 · 10:25

The Economist magazine surveyed members of the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and responders overwhelmingly think Obama far surpasses McCain in his grasp of economics and think Obama's plan is superior. (h/t to Freakonomics). These numbers are truly staggering! Sorry Marty! (former head of NBER and McCain supporter)

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 5:48 PM PDT

2008/09/29 · 17:48

UPDATE: Its not entirely clear to me that even if a flood of orders for redemptions come tomorrow (for the end of the year) that it will necessarily lead to a big selloff tomorrow --this may just occur over the 4th quarter. Of additional concern however, is that end of quarter reporting or "window dressing" may force the unwinding of positions tomorrow.

(crossposted at Economists for Obama)

We may have even more chaos to look forward to in financial markets tomorrow as hedge fund redemptions cascade in for the end of the quarter as the NYT reports:

(see you after the jump)

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 9:08 AM PDT

2008/09/18 · 09:08

UPDATE: fixed some of the missing ones that got lost in html land

The latest McCain gaffe (not knowing the Spanish Prime Minister) is number 16 on my list of recent foreign policy gaffes by McCain. I'm going to have to add this to my earlier list of gaffes in my post "At the Feet of the Master"

We learned from McCain's campaign manager Charles Black that apparently Sarah Palin will:" learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that long"

I guess that means that Sarah Palin will learn:
to confuse the sunnis and shiites
that Iraq borders Pakistan

See the remaining 13 over the fold...

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 8:07 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 20:07

(This is a variation on my post at Economists for Obama)

A number of bloggers and journalists have cited the recent study (pdf) published in the journal Health Affairs that shows how the McCain plan would reduce the number of insured over the long-run through changes in the tax treatment of health coverage.

What's overlooked is that there are some other negative aspects to the McCain plan that are worth emphasizing and that all voters but particularly women should be aware of. (details are over the fold)

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Tuesday September 02, 2008 · 6:24 PM PDT

2008/09/02 · 18:24

x-posted at Economists for Obama

There are a number of points worth addressing in countering the Wall Street Journal oped piece by Martin Feldstein and John Taylor. The most important one is that they rely on the complicated nature of McCain's so called health plan to obfuscate one very salient point: More people will get a tax cut under Obama's plan than McCain's. (I hope this is a clear enough statement for Krugman)

First, its important to note that despite their misleading rhetoric, even Feldstein and Taylor acknowledge that 95% of families will see tax relief under Obama's plan:

(Join me over the fold for more...)

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 8:06 AM PDT

2008/09/01 · 08:06

[NOTE: Several commenters have noted that I should really talk about Obama's executive experience heading a Senate staff and running a national campaign--which are excellent points. There's also some criticism that one should not even make the comparison between Obama and Palin--which I'm totally sympathetic to --this is offered in the spirit of countering a dumb talking point...it was also meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek]

According to Josh Marshall, conservative blogs are making a big deal out of Palin being mayor (part-time) of Wasilla --as a measure of her "executive experience", so I thought I'd highlight this post I wrote yesterday:

When Barack Obama was President of the Harvard Law Review he likely had at least as much executive experience as Sarah Palin did as Mayor of Wasilla by at least one measure.

I count a staff of 90 individuals who currently are managed by the President of the Harvard Law Review. (I verified from a former HLR alum that the Prez actually does have managerial responsibiliy over the Board of editors).

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 10:56 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 22:56

x-posted at Economists for Obama

We learned from McCain's campaign manager Charles Black that apparently Sarah Palin will:

" learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that long"

I guess that means that Sarah Palin will learn:

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 8:23 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 20:23

x-posted at Economists for Obama

(Note: NMDan wrote a nice diary on this topic last Monday but I thought it was worth raising again in light of the Palin pick and the emerging rifts in the GOP)

I shouldn't be surprised, but I have seen no reporting of Ron Paul's "Rally for the Republic" -an event that is being held at the same time as the GOP convention in Minneapolis. Interestingly the rally has sold nearly 10,000 tickets. Contrast that with the media's incessant discussion of divisions among Democrats last week and the coverage of the 50 or so "PUMAs" (Party Unity My Ass) who supported Hillary and refused to vote for Obama.

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 7:32 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 19:32

X-posted at Economists for Obama
You've really got to wonder if the ugly Ferraro spectacle isn't deliberate as Will Bunch suggests.

As I was ruminating about the motivations that might have led the Hillary campaign to let Ferraro loose, one thought that occurred to me was that with North Carolina's primary still to go, who can forget this raw appeal to white people's worst fears about a black candidate...that he'll protect his own first:

Poll

148 votes Show Results

Was the Ferraro parade on TV deliberate

148 votes Vote Now!

Was the Ferraro parade on TV deliberate

Absolutely

101 votes

I'm suspicious that Clinton didn't rein her in

38 votes

Give Hillary the benefit of the doubt

4 votes

Absolutely Not

5 votes

hmm....Dowd on Sunday? [with poll]

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Friday February 22, 2008 · 7:36 PM PST

2008/02/22 · 19:36

(X-posted at Economists for Obama)

Now let's see, what oh what will Maureen Dowd find to write about this Sunday? I'd think its a sure bet that the name "Iseman" will feature in there. Maybe some reference to the golden dress she's wearing in the photo that's all over the news. Some references to Cindy's hair?

Poll

59 votes Show Results

What will Dowd write about?

59 votes Vote Now!

What will Dowd write about?

McCain and Iseman

21 votes

Kerry and Botox

1 vote

Hillary and "Obambi"

11 votes

Technology of Border Fences

1 vote

Michelle's patriotism

25 votes

BREAKING: OBAMA Plagiarizes Mahatma Gandhi

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Monday February 18, 2008 · 2:39 PM PST

2008/02/18 · 14:39

First he plagiarizes Deval Patrick, now it turns out that Obama has stolen an idea from Gandhi.

Of course Obama in an attempt to be clever did not steal the line verbatim.

Obama has been saying

"We are the change we have been waiting for"

whereas Gandhi said:

"We need to be the change we wish to see in the world"

This changeup on the original line tripped up Charles Krauthammer who thought it was all "rhetorical nonsense"...but the cultists got the desired message!

Tricky...next thing you know he might start plagiarizing Martin Luther King or something.

/end snark

Hillary Uses Discredited McCain Advisor to Attack Obama

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Friday February 15, 2008 · 8:14 PM PST

2008/02/15 · 20:14

Crossposted at Economists for Obama

Hillary's campaign is so desperate that they quoted a McCain advisor, Kevin Hassett to attack Obama's economic plan as just a copy of Hillary's.

First of all shame on Hillary for using Republican talking points.

Second of all...KEVIN HASSETT...all you need to know is two words "Dow 36000", a book co-authored by Hassett in 1999 predicting that the Dow would be three times higher than its current 12000 level.

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BREAKING: OBAMA Plagiarizes Mahatma Gandhi

Hillary Uses Discredited McCain Advisor to Attack Obama