Comments on: Tall Paul

By: Bruce N Tennessee

Bruce N Tennessee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:12:39 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/business/05views.html

yes, there are those who understand that the massive bailout is probably going to end badly….

Tall Paul indeed.

By: SaneInSF

SaneInSF — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:43:42 +0000

Just waiting for Obama to throw Volcker under the bus (a la Rev. Jeremiah Wright) when he proposes unpopular remedies to our current problems.

By: DP

DP — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:04:24 +0000

Wow, my CHK calls are up 1300% today, go Obama.

By: Big E

Big E — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:42:41 +0000

SB – don’t they have to at least wait a month for the jobs? They can’t pretend that Obama winning last night caused LAST MONTH’S jobs, can they? If they wait until December, they can try to claim it was Obama’s victory that caused everyone to dump jobs when they had done such a spectacular job of keeping everything “ok”..

I’m glad Obama won, but I’m thanking God that they didn’t get 60 in the Senate.. that would have been a disaster.

By: Andy Tabbo

Andy Tabbo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:39:33 +0000

I’m jealous Barry. There’s some chatter out there about Volcker being a possible Tsy Secy….he seems a bit on the old side. Did you get the feeling he was still lucid enough to handle that sort of job? What an interesting situation that would be….Volcker who jacked short term rates sky high to kill inflation having meetings with Helicopter Ben….

- AT

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000

SB,

don’t you know it, the ramp, up, from ~7900, gave McCain 1/2 a chance, now, while the Obamians are celebrating, all stops are going to be pulled..

and, as an aside, no, this post is not contra to mine @ 05:12..

By: Steve Barry

Steve Barry — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:00:24 +0000

On cue, futures lower…do not listen to anyone blaming the market tanking on Obama being elected (Kudlow will of course)…the PPT and the Bush data spin team are going to turn off the machines immediately…anyone who has been awake the last 8 years and has read this blog should know this. Expect the worst job figure maybe ever on Friday.

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:12:53 +0000

I like ‘fedwatcher’’s take. Meeting Volcker, no matter how this turns out, has to be a good thing. At the very minimum, he’ll always be, kindly, remembered for saving the U$D during ‘79-’81, and setting the stage for the massive end-Century Bull in financial assets.

Past that, I sincerely hope that Fortune is kind to Obama, We, all, have only one CINC, and, with that, no matter the field we find ourselves in, as long as we’re here, we owe him some semblance of respect on that score alone.

Anything I can do to help, let me know.

By: fedwatcher

fedwatcher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:21:42 +0000

Awsome! Paul Volker is the man! Timing is perfect as Paul will be a major influencer on Barack.

After tonight’s historic election, it is good to see that the right people are connecting to the new administration.

Can we rehab K Street into much needed housing in D.C. ?

By: surplusstock

surplusstock — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:09:32 +0000

Finally it seems after a long awaited battle our prayers have been answered. I had been supporting Obama right from the start and hopefully he can uplift our image in front of the world. Anyone watching the elections would have known that the odds were in favor of Obama, it was a just the concern of the Bush administration pulling out something that would ensure a Republican victory but i'm more than glad that this historic event took place. Best wishes to him from Stock Disposal ! Celebration bash at night here I come!