Category Archives: Economy
Rise of the Oceans
After being dissed by New York Mayor Bloomberg, the president took Chris Christie on a helicopter ride over the mess left by hurricane Sandy.
Ohio Trick or Treat
Need an errand run for you in Ohio? Call a presidential candidate. Time puts it this way – “Ohio isn’t just ground zero in the Electoral College. It’s also an epicenter for one of the biggest ad binges in history. The campaigns have forked over $177 million to win Ohio, more than any other state, according to an NBC analysis.”
Currency Manipulators
There’s not much daylight between the candidates when it comes to protectionism either. Romney complained about Chinese currency manipulation in the debate. Obama one upped him by bragging …”Now with respect to what we’ve done with China already, U.S. exports have doubled since I came into office, to China and actually currencies are at their most advantageous point for U.S. exporters since 1993″.
Here is James Grant, of Grants Interest Rate Observer, on Bloomberg last August saying the Fed needs to get out of the central planning business.
Udate: Here’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady in Mondays WSJ on Ben Bernanke: Currency Manipulator.
Daylight
Governor Romney followed President Obama’s lead on foreign policy during much of the presidential debate Monday night. The president seemed dismayed by this, especially when Mitt stepped on his toes on the issue of “daylight between the U.S. and Israel”.
I was dismayed to miss Monday Night Football and game 7 of the NLCS.
For The Record
The Angry Obama debate was more entertaining than the Sourpuss Obama debate. “I’ve seen ’em all” and it was “Immeasurably the best debate in history”, according to George Will. Couldn’t find Lincoln Douglas on Youtube so I guess we’ll have to take his word for it.
Obama threw everything he had at Romney ( I tried drawing kitchen sinks but couldn’t fit in the words ) but in the end he couldn’t escape his own record.
