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Financial Chaos Sweeping the World
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 10th 2008
Well folks, as you sit down with your morning cup of coffee and you prepare to delve into the financial headlines you might want to pour a stiff shot of something to sweeten that coffee, that is if you can afford the price of a good bottle of liquor. read more
GOP Trainwreck Waiting to Happen
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 10th 2008
If the predictions are on the money, the signs are all there for a trainwreck for the GOP, come November… Chris Cillizza has pieced it all together on The Fix, noting “a column from Stu Rothenberg who, along with former Fix boss Charlie C read more
Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez , CA-48 and CA-39, Lose Brother…
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 9th 2008
The sister’s Sanchez have had days of waiting as their brother and his companion were missing. Today the Los Angeles Times has the story of his boat being found and both bodies being on-board. I’ve met Loretta Sanchez. She’s a stron read more
I’ve Never Been As Sad About A Campaign
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 7th 2008
As most of you have picked up over the months I’ve been in campaigns one way or another since the mid-sixties. (Yes, that dates me a bit but I’m a lot younger than Clint Eastwood and I still wouldn’t tangle with him in a dark alley read more
We Have An Agreement. So What's Next?
Matt-Speak | October 1st 2008 by Matt
The Senate tonight, claiming to have put partisanship aside *wink-wink*, passed the new and improved "bailout" legislation, clearing the way for the House of Representatives to take another shot at passing it. It is expected that it will pass muste read more
Late Night: An American Story
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 1st 2008
If you have been paying attention to both the economic news and the election news then you will appreciate this You Tube video that showed up in my email box earlier today. It speaks for itself… Watch it: And then be sure to pass it along to f read more
Senate to Vote Wednesday on Bail Out
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 1st 2008
Two days after the Bail Out Bill failed in the House, the Senate plans to vote on the “$700 billion bank rescue plan,” on Wednesday evening. The Senate Bill “adds new provisions - including raising the FDIC insurance cap to $250,000 read more
A Must Read Article About Leadership
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 30th 2008
Leadership has to be one of the key issues we face today as voters. Certainly most DemDaily readers are supporting Obama. There are some that do not. Here is the except of a very interesting Time magazine article about leadership and the reaction of read more
FINALLY! Now it’s a Recovery Plan
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 30th 2008
Gawddamn. After nearly two weeks of screwing the pooch, from a communications point of view, all the reporters today are using the ‘Recovery Plan’ language because the Leadership, as demonstrated by Senator Kerry this morning, in Congress read more
John Kerry on the Economic Crisis
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 30th 2008
John Kerry had at it with Bill O’Reilly on The Factor last night (h/t News Hounds) on the issue of the economic crisis. Watch it here: This afternoon, Kerry held a press conference to outline the urgency of passing comprehensive economic legisl read more
What If We Had An Economic Apocolypse?
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 29th 2008
Here’s some food for thought today after the Bail Out Bill failure in the House: What If We Had An Economic Apocolypse? What would happen? What would you do? Jazz Shaw explains on The Moderate Voice. I have to say one of the reasons I am moving read more
Banana Republic
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 29th 2008
There’s a lot of finger pointing going on in the wake of the Bail Out Bill failure in the House today (see Roll Call vote here). Barack Obama said today that “he believed Congress would ultimately pass a proposed $700 billion financial b read more
The Bail Out Bill Has Failed
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 29th 2008
UPDATE #3 Pelosi has made her statement that this had been a wholely bipartisan effort. Barney Frank said he was incredulous that ‘people could get their feelings hurt so they hurt the country instead.” Everyone is making the point that e read more
Late Night: Tough Vote Ahead in House for Bail Out Bill
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 29th 2008
The NY Times reports that the House is bracing for a “difficult vote set for Monday on a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry after a weekend of tense negotiations produced a plan that Congressional leaders portrayed as greatly strengt read more
Link to Financial Plan to Save Main Street
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 28th 2008
Contrary to the media’s constant harping this action bails-out Main Street, so we can all get car loans, student loans, credit loans to support our business. If this doesn’t happen then yes the financial markets will meltdown but the impa read more
Sometimes Photos Are Better Than Words
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 25th 2008
While these pics say as much as anything else, if you have watched the developments all day today you can only believe that both of these days are wandering in a daze. Bush sounded, as Chis Matthew said, unschooled and a little scary talking about pa read more
Obama Latest Ad: ‘A Stronger Economy’
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 25th 2008
The NY Times reports that members of Congress indicated earlier today that “they were close to hashing out an agreement on a proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system, hours before a meeting at the White House to complete the deal.& read more
Dodd’s Alternative to the Bail Out Plan
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 23rd 2008
I’ve just finished reading the key points to Senator Chris Dodd’s alternative to the bail out plan and I have to say I agree with the folks like Paul Krugman who are saying this is more like it — it’s a “step in the righ read more
About That Blank Check
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 22nd 2008
I spent the weekend preparing for my move cross country, which I have been alluding to here for a while. I will finally be posting about it later this week. What I can tell readers now, is that the planned move has arisen out of the financial crisis read more
The Unfinished Bail-Out Bill And Some History Of Another Crisis
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 21st 2008
First, this isn’t Bush’s plan. It’s the plan of experienced financial leadership, in government and mostly outside, of pretty realistic people trying to overcome the bullshit passed years ago that caused this mess. Bush couldn’ read more
The US and The World Looks At Wall Street
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 20th 2008
Last week I was adamant that the sky wasn’t falling in on us as a result of Wall Street’s instability. I still believe that is true. It is also true, however, that the government has to take quick action, and I mean over the weekend, or w read more
Morning Coffee: FDIC Fund Dwindling
The Democratic Daily Blog | September 17th 2008
Grab a good strong cup of coffee this morning and ask yourself if you really feel confident with the current state of the economy or for that matter, the current leadership in America? Take a couple of swigs and ask yourself, who you think will bring read more
Obama-Biden 08 is a Powerful Reality: A Historical Perspective
The Democratic Daily Blog | August 23rd 2008
Joe Biden, current chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and past Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has officially been chosen as the presumptive Vice Presidential nominee for the Democratic Party in 2008 as Barack Obama’s runni read more
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies at 58
The Democratic Daily Blog | August 20th 2008
I was very sad to read earlier today that Stephanie Tubbs Jones had passed away. Tubbs Jones died “after suffering a brain hemorrhage caused by a burst aneurysm.” She was 58. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose presidential candidacy Tubbs Jone read more
White House Rejects Call From Republicans for Special Session of…
The Democratic Daily Blog | August 4th 2008
House Republicans are looking rather absurd today after the White House rejected their call for a special session of Congress on energy: Republican Study Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) asked President Bush to read more
Dems Call for Contempt Charges Against Rove
The Democratic Daily Blog | July 31st 2008
Some of us think this is long overdue: Democrats on both sides of the Capitol assailed the administration’s handling of the Justice Department yet again on Wednesday, and a House committee recommended contempt charges against Karl Rove, who was Pre read more
Obama To Focus Campaign on Economy
The Democratic Daily Blog | July 28th 2008
Now that Barack Obama is back in the U.S., after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East and Europe, he’s ready to start focusing on the “top issue for American voters — the faltering U.S. economy.” That’s welcome news, b read more
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