FreedomTalks

Our friends at the Heritage Foundation have a great new study out about the economic harms that a cap and trade system on carbon would cause. Both presidential candidates with a shot at the office support “cap and trade.” In fact, Senator McCain will be pushing the bill mentioned below quite hard this summer. Conservatives […]

Was I the only one who noticed that in Obama’s speech on financial regulation, he said:
Deregulation of the telecommunications sector, for example, fostered competition, but also contributed to massive over-investment.
And then about 5 minutes later said:
And to ensure that America stays on the cutting edge, we’ll expand broadband access…
Too much! Too […]

A few hours ago, Barack Obama gave a speech on financial regulation. As always, he’s a strong speaker.  But I have to take issue what some of what he said.  For example:

But the American experiment has worked in large part because we guided the market’s invisible hand with a higher principle. A free market was […]

In his economic address today, he addressed the housing markets:
Over 2 million households are at risk of foreclosure. Millions more have seen their home values plunge. Many Americans are walking away from their homes, which hurts property values for entire neighborhoods and aggravates the credit crisis. To stabilize the housing market and to help bring […]

Yesterday, I taped an episode of Bloggingheads with American Prospect staff writer Ezra Klein. The whole thing is here, but FT readers might be interested in the following bit in which I talk about how John McCain might smooth out his sometimes rocky relationship with the conservative movement:
There’s more about McCain and economics, William F. […]

Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson really didn’t have an answer to the question, “What are Barack Obama’s legislative accomplishments?” Could this become a theme in the general election if Obama wraps up the nomination? Stay tuned.

Ben Smith of The Politico writes that Barack Obama was the “most liberal” senator of 2007, according to National Journal.
National Journal rates Obama the single “most liberal” member of the Senate last year, spotlighting some policy differences, as well writing GOP attack ad if he’s the nominee, but perhaps also a helpful note in consolidating […]