Entries from November 2008 ↓

“What exactly is this foreign experience that she’s claiming? I know she talks about visiting 80 countries. It is not clear. Was she negotiating treaties or agreements or was she handling crises during this period of time? My sense is the answer’s no.”

- Barack Obama, March 2008

“This could be the most trade-skeptical Congress paired with the most trade-skeptical president since Herbert Hoover and the Republicans in 1930.”
- Daniel Griswold

“In a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in March, nearly 60% of voters said the globalization of trade was bad for the U.S. economy.”
- Wall Street Journal

“I do think I do not want the same kind of focus on safety and soundness that we have in OCC [Office of the Comptroller of the Currency] and OTS [Office of Thrift Supervision]. I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation towards subsidized housing.”
- Barney Frank, 2003

“Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people…”
- New York Times, 1999

“Senior government officials told reporters that Mr. Paulson was drawing a line in the sand: There would be no public money spilled to rescue Lehman.”
- Wall Street Journal

“…Mr. Obama took command of the race during the 10 days following the collapse of Lehman Brothers — when the Wall Street meltdown hit Main Street. Before that event John McCain was leading nationally by three percentage points. Ten days later Mr. Obama was up by five and never relinquished his lead.”
- Scott Rasmussen

* In 93 percent of House of Representatives races and 94 percent of Senate races that had been decided by mid-day Nov. 5, the candidate who spent the most money ended up winning.
* Overall, 95 percent of House incumbents and 93 percent of senators won re-election on Tuesday.
* The average cost of winning a House race in 2008 was nearly $1.1 million, based on pre-election finance reports, and almost $6.5 million for a Senate seat.

- Center For Responsive Politics

Employee Free Choice Act

“It is the most important issue that we have.”
- John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO

“We will pass the Employee Free Choice Act. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.”
- Barack Obama

“This bill is Armageddon for the employer community.”
- Randy Johnson, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce vice president

“I left Europe four decades ago because socialism has killed opportunities there,” Schwarzenegger said. “In recent years Europe has realized it’s mistakes … and Senator Obama says he wants to pursue the same ‘spread the wealth’ ideas that Europe had decades ago.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger