Jeffrey A. Setaro

Political & Cultural Commentary from a Constitutional Conservative.

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100 Economists Warn That Barack Obama’s Tax Proposals Could Throw the US Economy into Recession

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I’ve been debating whether to post this all day… Yes, it’s from the McCain campaign but ultimately I think it would be foolish to dismiss the opinion of a group of experienced economists out of hand. Economists Statement On Barack Obama’s Risky Economic Proposals 100 ECONOMISTS WARN THAT WITH CURRENT WEAK FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BARACK OBAMA’S […]

Analyzing the Polls

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AJ Strata has an interesting analysis of recent polls. Note the D-R-I split on “all voters” is 43-36-28. Most polls are weighting their sample by party affiliation, not policy preference. With the Democrat Presidential Primary drawing huge crowds and lots of GOP cross-overs to fight off Obama I would not want to put my reputation […]

Finally: McCain Blasts Obama, Democrats for Fannie/Freddie Meltdown

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Update: Scroll down for the video. It looks like the gloves are really off, John McCain is going to finally start talking about the economy and going after Barack Obama and Democrats for their roll in the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Our current economic crisis is a good case in point. What […]

Note to the AP: You Can Stop Digging Now

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Just when you think the Associated Press can’t sink any lower they do. The news analysis piece on Sarah Palin’s William Ayers remarks by the AP’s Douglass K. Daniel is real jaw-dropper: Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge. Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false […]

Public Funding Limits Behind McCain’s Michigan Pullout?

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The Hill is reporting that public funding limits are behind the McCain Campaign’s decision to pullout of Michigan. Barack Obama’s decision to forego public funding for his presidential campaign helped force John McCain to withdraw from Michigan, abandoning an important strategic objective, said a McCain adviser. The withdrawal was a painful decision for Sen. McCain […]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…

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The Good (H/T: MM): Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, today issued the following statement on the agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators on the Paulson plan, and his intentions on the final bill: “My top responsibility as an elected official is to protect the families and people who […]

Poll Question: Who Won The First Debate

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[poll id=”5″] Overall I thought McCain won on points… Although it was closer than it should have been. McCain clearly won on foreign policy but on the economy it was at best a draw. McCain needs to drop the populist rhetoric and stand up for conservative economic principles… In particular he needs to hit Obama […]

Back on the Trail…

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Statement from the McCain Campaign on negotiations  (H/T: Rich Lowry): John McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign was made in the hopes that politics could be set aside to address our economic crisis. In response, Americans saw a familiar spectacle in Washington. At a moment of crisis that threatened the economic security of American families, […]

A Failure of Leadership

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What I said yesterday about McCain and leadership… Scratch that. My first reaction to John McCain’s announcement that he was suspending his campaign and returning Washington to help craft a financial bailout plan was positive. I though it was bold move that could pay huge dividends down the road. This morning, after rolling it around […]

Anatomy of a Crisis

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The more I think about the Bush Administration’s proposed 700 billion dollar back bailout the madder I get. The “credit crisis” wasn’t created by by greed and mismanagement on Wall Street. It was created by politicians who thought they could substitute well intentioned politically correct regulation for sound financial practices. Economist Stan Liebowitz has an […]