Nate Silver Destroys GOP Talking Points: Obama to blame for bad market? Not so fast...

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday March 05, 2009 · 4:27 PM PST

2009/03/05 · 16:27

If your not familiar with Nate Silver and 538.com then you're missing out. Nate is a statistics expert and decided to marry his love of statistics with his love of politics and the result is the most accurate statistical analysis of everything from polling (He called every state in the 2008 Presidential Election except Indiana, nobody's perfect) to demographics.

In today's article Nate analyzes the effect Obama has had on the stock market when taken in context of the current economic mess. The last few days theirs been much talk about how the market doesn't like Obama, and his policies are to blame for the recent market down-turn. Mr. Silver decided to look in to the matter and posted the results in his latest blog post "What the Stock Market Really Thinks About the Economy."

More below.

Poll

284 votes Show Results

Nates Article was:

284 votes Vote Now!

Nates Article was:

A good refresher from the crap spouted on TV from pundits.

20 votes

Better analysis than any CNBC hack.

50 votes

The Trurh

5 votes

All of the above

209 votes

Call to Action: Stock Market Crash = Obama Policies

mholden01

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday March 02, 2009 · 8:48 PM PST

2009/03/02 · 20:48

The latest version of the reason why the stock market is crashing is:

President Obama's policies are scaring the market and thus the decline

Watching cable news today I was dismayed with the dialogue. The theme is building that the Presidents policies are damaging the market. These "Talking Points" are being pushed by Republicans, being echoed by the talking heads and it is dangerous to the President.

More below.

Poll

176 votes Show Results

These talking points are dangerous to the President?

176 votes Vote Now!

These talking points are dangerous to the President?

Yes

109 votes

67 votes

Thank you Paul Krugman: The Nobel Prize winning economist takes an axe to GOP talking points

mholden01

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday January 26, 2009 · 9:00 AM PST

2009/01/26 · 09:00

Have you been hearing a lot of the GOP talking points on the stimulus plan? I have, and so have the media. The GOP are on a jihad against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and it appears our new President won't get the overwhelming bi-partisan support he originally wanted.

All the GOP spin was actually starting to get to me about the effectiveness of the 825 billion dollar plan until Mr. Krugman laid it all out in his latest New York Times article called "Bad Faith Economics" where the star liberal economist destroys the republican talking points. More below.

Poll

4323 votes Show Results

The President should:

4323 votes Vote Now!

The President should:

Keep the stimulous package as is

1196 votes

Cancel the tax cuts and add more spending

2987 votes

add more tax cuts/ decrease spending

46 votes

Cancel the stimulous package all togeatrher

93 votes

A New Beginning for America: 15 Days and Counting

mholden01

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday January 05, 2009 · 3:31 PM PST

2009/01/05 · 15:31

<H2>THE NEW FACE OF AMERICA<H2>

Poll

34 votes Show Results

Seeing Obama stroll through Washington ...

34 votes Vote Now!

Seeing Obama stroll through Washington ...

Gives me hope

3 votes

Brightens my day

4 votes

Puts a smile on my face

4 votes

Makes the last eight years a distant memory

0 votes

all of the above

23 votes

Restoring Faith in Government: An Obama Roadmap

mholden01

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday December 26, 2008 · 2:35 PM PST

2008/12/26 · 14:35

Paul Krugman wrote an article in the New York Times today labeled "Barack Be Good" detailing some of the challenges Obama faces in living up to the sky-high expectations the American Public have for him. Krugman believes Obama's biggest hurdle is making the American people believe that government can be trusted again. As the Nobel Prize winner puts it:

Before Mr. Obama can make government cool, however, he has to make it good. Indeed, he has to be a goo-goo. Goo-goo, in case you’re wondering, is a century-old term for "good government"

more below ...

Poll

49 votes Show Results

Obama will, as Roosevelt did, restore the public's faith in the federal government?

49 votes Vote Now!

Obama will, as Roosevelt did, restore the public's faith in the federal government?

YES

40 votes

9 votes

If you don't support gay rights ...

mholden01

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday December 21, 2008 · 11:29 PM PST

2008/12/21 · 23:29

Your a bigot?

I didn't realize the word bigot had such a loose interpretation these days. Last week a writer called Obama a bigot because he invited Warren to the Inauguration. Really?

Whats next, everyone who goes to the Inauguration is a bigot? How about those who watch it on TV. Are they bigots too?

The standard here is:
If you associate in any way with someone the gay community doesn't like, they can call you a bigot.

RIDICULOUS.

From where I sit many in the gay community, which I support, are introducing their own version of McCarthyism.

Poll

169 votes Show Results

People who believe marriage is between a man and a woman are bigots?

169 votes Vote Now!

People who believe marriage is between a man and a woman are bigots?

YES

112 votes

56 votes

RSS