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Too Big To Be
Obama administration is finally using anti-trust as a treatment for “Too big to fail”. That is exactly what this blog asked for: http://poweranddollar.com/2009/03/27/anyone-understands-geithner/ Had Bush used this treatment during his time, sys...
CNN Advertisement: Time To Buy Republican
The author (John Feehery) of this CNN commentary is a political operative, lobbyist, etc. He makes his living by using his access to the Republicans. When Republicans are in disarray, so is his livelihood. In order to drum up more business, he ...
Is Obama To Re-Start The Nuremberg Trials Next?
Is Obama ready to re-start the Nuremberg Trials? Or forget Dufar trail in ICC? His decision of not prosecuting CIA officers employs the “I am only following orders” argument which is the exact defense employed during the Nuremberg Trials. O...
Detox Plan: Taxpayers Fund 93%
Geithner announced the Detox plan. Stocks went up for a great deal. Investors probably are hungry for any positive headlines and don’t really want to read the content. AP writes that the taxpayers will actually fund 93% of the purchase. ...
AIG The Sacrifice: The Reflection Of America’s Political Risk
I agree quite a few points of this article in regard to the AIG episode. Of course, nothing is perfect. I would change a word here: “It will certainly make Mr. Obama’s task much more difficult when he tries to sell the public [my vers...
Navy Or Education?
Naval conflicts are obviously more exciting and therefore more headline deserving. However, Obama’s education announcement may have a greater impact over the US competitiveness. US’ timing of airing out these incidents at this time is inte...
Veto The Pork? Thought About The Cost Of Business?
Fourteen Senators are calling Obama to veto the budget (until 2009.09). Will Obama veto? If these 14 Senators are truly against the pork, they could eliminate the bill themselves. They would rather say they are against it, rather than calling t...
Obama, How Much Per Job?
Obama’s message in the first presidential TV press conference was straight forward. Who was he talking to? Sure we all want get going with the recovery. Where is the problem? If there were not problem, Obama would not have been talking. ...
More Bailout Drama – Exactly What Obama Needs
Obama has been trying to distance himself from the Blagovich scandal. The questions are now revolving around his staff and how much he knew of the senate seat auction. No matter how clean he is and how hard he tries to move on to his agenda, m...
Obama Administration Begins! (Or ?)
Obama settled on his economic team late Friday afternoon, sending Dow 400 points higher, just above 8,000 points. Then, news about Citi’s (NYSE:C) bailout came about. This news probably marks the beginning of Obama administration. Here is als...
Who Just Financed The Auto Bailout? What Do They Really Want To Buy?
How much money are GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F) and Chrysler asking? $25B. What if someone already lent more than that $25B money to America 2 months ago? Should America use that money for the auto industry or something else? Like the new stim...
How Long Can You Wait For A GM Bailout?
GM (NYSE: GM), Chrsyler and Ford (NYSE: F) are asking for a nagging for an auto industry bailout. This is what should have been expected once the $700B bailout flood gate is open. After the auto industry will be the steel industry, the building...
Prudent Obama Prolongs Uncertainty
Obama is not going to G20 because there is only one president at a time. This is prudent. This also makes him safe. He should not be responsible for anything Bush commits. By being next to Obama, he either has to say sorry to Bush or to th...
Bradley Effect Or McCain Effect?
Is Bradley Effect still there? How can we find out? If we check the last polls before the election, Obama was having double digit leads. However, his popular vote is 53% against 47%, 6% lead. Here is a list of polls I gathered: Pol...
What Makes President Obama Not A Sure Thing
Are these undecided voters the key to this election? As of today (2008.11.03), Obama has 228 electoral votes where the state has >10% polling margin and 50 electoral votes where the state has >5% polling margin. The difference less than 5%...
Obama, 1 Up Over Karl Rove
Voting lines are long.problems/index.html. Not much news about voter intimidation. But then this is early voting, not the big day. Is America ready for the big news that is only 11 days away? Some people are preparing for the transitions to t...
Electioneering 102: A Lesson From Green Party of Canada
The federal election in Canada concluded on 2008.10.14. The incumbent party won another mandate. There are a lot of interesting content in this election to fill the media. However, for the purpose of Electioneering, this story may not make the ...
Powell, What Makes A Good Endorsement?
An endorsement is similar to an advertisement. The endorser would want to make a difference. What is the difference to an election? Win or lose. You can win by 1 vote (W) or by a landside. They all give you the presidency. An endorsement th...
Market Concurs Pollsters
It is now less than 3 weeks to the voting day. Electoral vote spread is 128 (Obama vs McCain : 286 vs 158). Even if McCain takes the rest of the toss up states, he is still 34 votes behind (94 toss up). Short of Osama (not a typo) surprises, op...
Financial Crisis Now Carries A Political Premium
The financial crisis in America has over rode the presidential election to carry the most political risk in the global economy. While the American presidential election is a cyclical event and its political risks are more within control than many o...
What Is The Price Per Vote To Pass The Bailout Bill?
CNN says more banks are likely to fall. It seems like that 700B will get plenty of asset to buy. Now, how much did the additional votes cost to get the bill? Taxpayers For Common Sense compiles a list of 15 pet projects within the bailout bill...
Who Won? The Republicans Who Changed Their Votes!
A 3 page rescue package became 400 page rescue package. A lot of improvement? A lot of pork barrel? Are the lobbyists now worth the money of the clients? Who Changed the vote? Who did not? Anyway, the bill passed! There is 1 vacancy in...
Bailing Out Van Gogh Traders?
The senate has passed Bailout bill, an important bill by itself and even more so during an election season. Simultaneously, Americans are debating about the next President as well as the centennial financial crisis. The debate will continue: abou...
Did You Want A Rejection?
The bailout plan got voted down: 205 vs 228. The House still cannot get a full house for such an important vote. Someone please check if those 2 seats are vacant. Are you upset that it got rejected? Some people are upset (S&P has fallen &...
Don’t Get Too Excited About $700B Bailout
How consequential is this bailout plan? For intra day trading activity, it matters. For anything beyond ½ year time frame, it is doubtful. $700B is about 6% of total US mortgage market ($12T). Paulson’s announcement did stop the s...
McCain: Statesman? Coward?
Obama now has 228 electoral votes versus McCain’s 174, after a month of conventions, bailouts, bankruptcies and an announcement of $700B bailout plan. With only 40 days to go before the voting day, McCain suspends his campaign to work on a soluti...
$700B buys a Wall Street PATRIOT ACT
Warren Buffet has called the credit derivatives the “financial weapons of mass desctruction”. To combat this financial weapon of mass destruction, Bush administration is getting another Patriot Act with a price tag of $700B. Pentagon runs abo...
Why AIG? Why Not Lehman?
Bush administration has been acting already. We just don’t know if the actions are effective. Why did the government bail out AIG (NYSE: AIG) and not Lehman (NYSE: LEH)? And now with US$180B from central banks all over the place, would th...
The Danger Of The Merrill Purchase To You
“Thank God, they bailed out AIG”? Can we say “Thank God, Bank of America bought Merrill”? Do you think the Merrill (NYSE:MER) take-over by Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is better than the bankruptcy of Lehman (NYSE:LEH)? Because at least the...
Where Do Mccain And Obama Want To Go With This?
Lehman was still crying about loss of the Korean (KDC, sold at SEO, not in any of the US exchanges) sale last Friday. And now, poof, gone! Merrill is now a subsidiary of Bank of America! Certainly buying Merrill is a smarter buy when one compar...
