Matthews Calls Clinton Press Shop “Lousy,” “Kneecappers”
I’m not sure how much weight comments like this have coming from Chris Matthews, given his over-the-top anti-Hillary venom. But the dirp-drip-drip of negativity towards Hillary continutes (especially given their out-front efforts to “steal” the election using delegates from FL and MI, and superdelegates).
Hillary doesn’t have any ammo against Obama. All the REAL criticism can be applied to her as well.
She can only throw boomerangs.
Or remind people that he’s black.
I thought Matthew’s advice was decent, she should sell a positive “real change” message. But it’s a bit late in the game.
She still has a big lead in polls in some of the upcoming primaries in big states. Will Obama overtake double digit leads?
Does it really matter which one wins?
Am I the only one who realizes that the chick on the TV there is Andrea Mitchell? Or should I say Mrs. Alan Greenspan?
Mainstream media at its finest.
Jan
Some of us are opposed to this Bush/Clinton love fest. Both families stink to hell.
Bill, there is no way any of them are good for America.
By the way, Nyquist has a new article on the forum
Red Alert
The problem we are facing with the “war on Terror” and McCains supposed strong suit is that we will have a democratic Congress that will probably pull funding for Iraq and upset his plans there. Also, we have a mounting financial crisis and fortunately, long before Nov. we should have a much better idea if we are going to delay it to 2009 or 2010 or if it is here now.
That crisis will mean defense spending collapses due to the inability to fund basic services here.
Today, the bond auctions failed to find buyers and that is hurting spending for many cities and organizations. The bad news keeps rolling in globally, not just in the U.S. about how economies are going to be affected in several of the G-7 nations. If they are hit, then our exports get hit as well.
Today they also reported inflation is starting to hit even low priced Chinese imports. We are no beginning to see why the Fed and Congress are in a panic. Whether they can delay this crisis or not is still up in the air. We know they can’t avoid it without major reforms and even with a new and competent government due to this upcoming election, nothing much major in the way of entitlement, tax, and compliance reforms will happen until 2009 late, or into 2010.
It is no longer important, probably, who get the Presidency. Congress has to act and act quickly to minimize what is going to happen. No President can do much without Congress passing the legislation we need. It is Congress the American people better focus on and they aren’t.
The American voters are going to elect a Congress that “gives them more” and “taxes somebody else.” Thus, there is no help coming, regardless of who is President. Even if McCain is President, I think he will face a “veto-proof” Congress.
quote:
In recent days, a number of bond sales from US municipal borrowers and providers of student loans have failed to attract enough buyers amid concerns about the viability of bond insurers.
Banks and dealers underwriting these periodic sales have declined to buy the unsold debt given their already constrained balance sheets. This leaves local government entities facing sharply higher borrowing costs and some analysts say this $330bn market faces further failed auctions and possible extinction as a viable source of funding.
“The short-term municipal bond market has struggled with liquidity, pushed on by the deteriorating credit position of the monoline wrappers,” said analysts at JP Morgan.
Failed muni bond auctions deepen crises
McCain or any President may face challenges this coming term that haven’t been faced for decades. A lot of promises to millions and millions of people may be at jeopardy if that is the case.
So, while our candidates are busy “kneecapping” each other, few solutions and very little “Straight talk” is coming from them.