Wednesday, October 8, 2008
More Debate Opinions
According to an article at the Huffington Post in both CBS and NBC's focus groups of independent voters more individuals believed that Obama was victorious in the debate. According to Survey USA 54 percent of voters who watched the debate in Washington believed that Obama won. More importantly Ohio surveys indicated that Obama was the clear victor according to 54% of those polled compared to McCain's 30%. See the article here.
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I think the real question here isn't so much if Obama "won" the debate, or if McCain "made himself look like an old man who keep fidgeting," but more so which of the candidates stuck home with the undecided voters in those swing states which will end up deciding this election.
270towin.com shows Obama sitting confidently with 260 electoral votes. For McCain, this puts Obama dangerously close to the White House. With all of this said, I wonder if you think that Obama and/or McCain may have slightly manipulated their answers to better fit the interested of the people of these swing states.
There are fundamental problems with Sen. McCain's new McCain Rusurgence Plan:
1. The plan which will use the $700 billion bailout package to buy out troubled mortgage loans will still cost the tax payer large amounts of money.
2. Sen. McCain's plan would buy out the mortgage loans at face value which lacks true liquidity value.
3. The plan lacks details on how it will progress and offers little in substance. In general, the plan simplifies a very complex problem.
The fact that McCain is only now beginning to offer answers to the economic crisis is troubling, and his vague solutions aren't much more of an assurance.
I hate to say it, but neither McCain nor Obama really have a real solution that will stop our current downward spiral (Dow Jones down another 678 points today. So I think that one must conclude that even if the mortgages are bought at face value and therefore may not gain back everybodies money, at least his plan may gain back the trust of investors. Having said this, unless another advisor... I mean either candidate comes up with a better plan, the next siting president may be royally...in trouble come 2012.
I agree with Matt. McCain's proposal is greatly flawed...or rather it is more so a "bailout" than last week's "investment"
The only somewhat plausible argument in favor his proposal is that it may stave off the coronary blockage from shifting down the bloodstream and causing a stroke. In other words, it may help isolate the crisis to the financial sector, rather than allowing it to go to core American industries.
However, given the perception of affairs, it is unlikely that a family without the burden of a bad loan would say "Oh goody!! Let's now go to home depot and buy a new refrigerator."
Also, taking from the $700 billion is not a good idea at all. That dough must go towards CDS...not home mortgages.
In addition...here are a few words about McCain's recent behavior...
It is a sad day when McCain attempts to shift attention from the economy to Obama's character. Frankly speaking, even if Obama does have character flaws, the ones McCain points out have NOTHING to do with bailout. At present, if this man truly cares for the nation he should focus on the ECONOMY...not petty trifles.
Now, in the coming days, I expect he clever chumps on McCain's squad to shift gears back the economy. Eventually they will realize that they can reinterpret a GLOBAL economic meltdown as a foreign policy matter.
After all, Brian Williams said tonight that Bush may lack the chops to bring together all sorts of finance ministers, bring them in line, and have them take on policies that are broad in scope...essentially, policies that do not undercut one another. THIS IS THE KEY. McCain can say that Obama's lack of experience means that he lacks the chops to the very same thing.
After all, it is no secret that bringing all these finance folks in line takes some finesse...something that McCain can play up.
Ya see, it is about time that McCain becomes clever, and starts caring about the country. And yes, he can actually win by focusing on the economy. He and his buds just need to use their brains. Not doing so is nearly TREASONOUS. He's casting the nation into a sess-pit if he does nothing but whine about Obama. Come on buddy!! Change pace will ya?!
Even beyond the issues of his plan, McCain needed a win here. Not just a win, a massive win. He is so far behind in the polls, that a mere tie, if you want to call it that, is basically a loss for McCain. fivethirtyeight.com has Obama with a 90% chance of winning. I'm not sure how that gap can close without something even more earth shaking than the credit crunch happening.
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