Comments on: The Audacity of Hope http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/the-audacity-of-hope/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: dunnage http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/the-audacity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-148782 dunnage Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:31:17 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20160#comment-148782 China and America know they are bound to one another. No doubt they changed Geithner's meds after his "m" remark. China and America know they are bound to one another. No doubt they changed Geithner’s meds after his “m” remark.

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/the-audacity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-148602 Mark E Hoffer Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:05:32 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20160#comment-148602 today's QOTD: ""The largest Asian central banks have gone on record that they are curbing their purchases of US debt. And they are also diversifying their huge reserves, steadily moving away from the dollar. The risks have simply become too many and too serious." —W. Joseph StroupeEditor, Global Events seems fitting to the topic at hand.. today’s QOTD:

“”The largest Asian central banks have gone on record that they are curbing their purchases of US debt. And they are also diversifying their huge reserves, steadily moving away from the dollar. The risks have simply become too many and too serious.” —W. Joseph StroupeEditor, Global Events

seems fitting to the topic at hand..

]]> By: dunnage http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/the-audacity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-148599 dunnage Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:16:45 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20160#comment-148599 Reagan suffered with Alzheimers and Bush jr. with "I hope to never know" -- But don't these two make one appreciate Bush sr. as President. Reagan suffered with Alzheimers and Bush jr. with “I hope to never know” — But don’t these two make one appreciate Bush sr. as President.

]]> By: dunnage http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/the-audacity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-148598 dunnage Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:10:51 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=20160#comment-148598 Isn't it $2 Trillion over 10 years. What would eliminating the Bush tax cuts provide over ten years? As far as winning and election with "hope". well Bush jr. was re-elected. Also, while Obama is a hell of a speaker, his speech before Congress make me realize what a great speaker Clinton truly is. optimism: wall street gets to fiddle at the treasury during the fire, but Obama will be allowed to do a few things for the 98% paying for all this. And I figure he will. Hell, Reagan and Bush wouldn't even do that. Isn’t it $2 Trillion over 10 years. What would eliminating the Bush tax cuts provide over ten years?

As far as winning and election with “hope”. well Bush jr. was re-elected. Also, while Obama is a hell of a speaker, his speech before Congress make me realize what a great speaker Clinton truly is.

optimism: wall street gets to fiddle at the treasury during the fire, but Obama will be allowed to do a few things for the 98% paying for all this. And I figure he will. Hell, Reagan and Bush wouldn’t even do that.

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