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The Financial Times goes socialist
The Reality-Based Community —
October 26, 2008 [image] The Financial Times goes socialist Posted by Mark Kleiman Well, you could have guessed it from that salmon-colored paper, couldn't you? Posted at 10:01 PM | TrackBack (0) | [image] | Thread: Barack Obama Comments Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. ( sign out ) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for ...
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Eschaton —
Financial Times, rejects incompetence, endorses Obama. Nonetheless, a campaign is a test of leadership. Mr Obama ran his superbly; Mr McCain’s has often looked a shambles. After eight years of George W. Bush, the steady competence of the Obama operation ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
Pundit time! Financial Times: Yes, we can. And yes, we did. Telegraph (UK): Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation. William Kristol: McCain is screwed, so he might as well go out fighting and take as many people with him as possible and take his medicine like a martyr. Paul Krugman: What’s happening, I ...
Appearances Matter
Jules Crittenden —
... with the socialized medicine. Trade not so much. No ideas of his own re the economy. But there and in foreign policy, an equanimous delivery trumps. An odd thing to say about either subject, especially in time of economic turmoil and war, when we have very real economic problems and very real enemies and even people who theoretically are our allies who would like nothing more than a calm, reasonable American surrender. I guess FT likes it superficial. What is interesting is what a strong argument this endorsement is for not electing Obama : At the outset, we ...
The FT Endorses Obama
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Nice to see:
>FT.com / Comment & analysis / Editorial comment - Obama is the better choice: US presidential elections involve a fabulous expense of time, effort and money. Doubtless it is all too much – but, by the end, nobody can complain that the candidates have been too little scrutinised. We have learnt a lot about Barack Obama and John McCain during this campaign. In our view, it is enough to be confident that Mr Obama is the right choice.
>At the outset, we were not so confident. Mr Obama is inexperienced. His policies are a blend of good, not so good and downright ...
Straight Outta Anchorage
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... The last Presidential endorsement for Obama comes from the Financial Times from London. They have an interesting analysis of the two campaigns and end their piece with a warning: ...
Obama gets the business
Daimnation! —
... Internet companies, compared with McCain's $1.3 million.
Among Obama's contributors, 5,845 list "CEO" or "chief executive" in their title, compared with 2,597 of McCain's donors, according to election records compiled by CQ MoneyLine. In the 2003-04 cycle, 3,567 of Bush's donors were listed that way, compared with 1,686 for Kerry.
"I guess he can't accuse us of being the candidate of big business," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said. ...
Related: The Financial Times endorses the Democrat:
Mr Obama ...
The Economist & Financial Times Endorse Obama
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Endorsements, Barack ObamaTwo of the world's most respected economic publications have both endorsed Sen. Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Read The Economist's nod here. And here's the big thumbs-up from The Financial Times. Not exactly two pillars of Socialist thought, mind you. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
