Sorry, folks, I cannot accept the idiotic comparison of Richardson to Blagojevich. He is my Governor, and I really do know him well, after 32 years of friendship.

This is spurious and nonsensical, not even close to being based in anything resembling reality. He is too smart to ever do anything comparable to Blagojevich, and aside from that, he will be exonerated. The specious nonsense that has spewed out since he stepped down is monstrous, and really has injured his mindset, as it is too large to be considered just another “bump in the road.”

Very Truly, Stephen Fox, Political and Consumer Editor, New Mexico Sun News Santa Fe, New Mexico

Gerald, we used to measure a president’s start by his first 100 days; it’s only been a month for Obama and he’s rammed an $800B stimulus through a congress that’s notorious for farting around with even the most important legislature. Moreover, Bush and Clinton didn’t have their cabinets filled this early, so you’re obviously working extra hard to be a pessimist.

John McCain would be flailing right now if he were president. The country would be in a much worse position, because the “do nothing is best” voices in congress would prevail. Rush Limbaugh, the college flunk out, would inject his fat-head ideas into policy. Thank goodness for Obama.

Question: How many Democrats does it take to HONESTLY fill out a 1040 tax form?

Answer: No one knows…. We haven’t found one yet!

But if we ever find one, our flailing marxist president has a Cabinet level job for them!

Invictus Maneo

Wow Richardson’s PR team is good. Someone must be keeping a Google alert on his name so they can comment on any publication that attempts to cast him in a negative light in any way.

There are two kinds of people today, those who remember how horrible the Jimmy Carter years were and those who are going to find out.

It’s beginning to look like the Carter years, but on crack and with a 1984 chaser.

I suggest buying Scotch - as an inflation hedge, for barter if things REALLY go bad and for when you’ll need to drink to forget.

whats up with the shot at poli sci and legal studies majors?

Invictus, you’re so insightful. Democrats don’t pay taxes, not one. You should get some sort of CSI Miami award for your brilliant detective work. You should probably contact the IRS and inform them that every Democrat is a tax cheat.

I like how Jimmy Carter makes his way into arguments, because we have a much more current example of miserable presidents (G.W. Bush). There are two kinds of people: ones who though Bush was great, and 80% of the rest of America.

The need for bailouts isn’t Obama’s fault, remember.

1) Anyone not blinded by Obama-mania! saw this mess coming 2) Bipartisanship is not about having a dinner party or a fancy luncheon and claiming bipartisanship - that’s just showmanship, one thing our fear-less (-mongering might be a more appropriate suffix) leader is actually pretty good at 3) More people should actually be impressed with the Republicans in congress for once since they actually held to their principles. Why in the world would they want to sign their names to this train-wreck of a bill, for which they were completely excluded from the drafting of (bipartisonship?) because our President failed to lead, and instead handed off the responsiblities of this “stimulus” (read: spending/wishlist) bill to his incompetent and highly partisan speaker of the house and senate majority leader. What a leader. 4) If this bill is SOOO immediately crucial, why did the President lolly-gag around for a 3 day vacation after it was rushed through the voting process on Friday in such a way that nobody could read it (after Pelosi and Reid promised to the people that the bill would be available to read 48 hours before the vote, and then broke that promise, mind you - how’s that for transparency?) Must’ve been REAL important. Good thing we made it through the weekend without it.

Your all wrong about which presidents to blame. Woodrow Wilson was the one who signed the Federal Reserve Act into law and Richard Nixon was the one who took us off of the gold standard in 1971.

Sure Carte and Bush didn’t help fix the economy, but their actions weren’t ultimately responsible for what happened to the economy during their terms.

Blaming FDR for the New Deal and John Maynard Keynes for his economic theories wouldn’t be a bad place to start either.

The need for bailouts might be Obama’s fault, but the extension of the recession as a result certainly will.

1:57, I don’t think the issue is a lack bipartisanship, otherwise you would have been equally upset at Republicans when they held control. Be careful not perceive “politics” and what’s really going on.

Forty percent of this stimulus bill is tax cuts, so you can be 40% happy with this spending wish list. If you are a college student, which I’m not sure you are, you can be happy about the increased spending on student aide.

As for a market rebound, that will have to wait for the magic words uttered from Secretary Geithner’s mouth: Bad Bank.

The problem is the president is prolonging the financial crisis with his constant negativity. What happened to the “hope” promised throughout his campaign? What happened to the optimistic tone? The Reaganesque belief in the individual’s ability to lift oneself up by the bootstraps is notably absent from his actions, but not his past speeches.

Instead of hope, we were given a Cabinet comprised of tax-cheating thugs united in their belief that government is the only answer to our economic problems. They frighten their proletariat with their breathless warnings that $900 billion (which is about what they owe in personal back taxes) must be spent on pet projects, e.g., unions, school teachers, urban mayors’ wish lists, etc., to remedy our economic ills - the very same economic ills caused by similar government spending and entitlements. This stimulus bill is the equivalent of handing us octuplets when we already have more dependants than we can afford.

As Obama said on Feb. 4, “A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe.” This negative focus is in stark contrast to his inaugural speech where he said, “We choose hope over fear.”

http://www.newsherald.com/articles/obama71846_article.html/happenedhope.html

The economy was going fine until the Democrats took over Congress a couple of years ago.

PS. The Democrats in Congress stopped Bush from regulating FANIE MEA/FREDIE MAC to reduce sub-prime lending. Carter put in the CRA that forced banks to lend to those who couldn’t pay back their loans.

On Nov. 4, after Barack Obama clinched the White House, the market closed at 9,625.28.

Today, the day President Obama signs his massive Generational Theft Act into law and a day before he unveils a massive new mortgage entitlement, the Dow closed at 7,552.60.

Now, imagine if President Bush had presided over a 2,000-point stock market tumble in the same time period — during the first few months of his presidency.

Great start, O.

Just saying…

Attention Dittoheads: The Dow Jones is not tumbling because Obama was elected president; it’s tumbling because our situation IS REALLY THAT BAD. From November 4th through January 20th, GW Bush was still president and still executive of this country; he had the chance to right and wrong presented by the Clinton or Carter administrations.

Did I once hear Bush use the bully pulpit to pressure congress make laws to regulate loans better? No.

Did Bush veto budgets that pushed us $5T more in debt? No.

Did Bush support a $300B highway bill for infrastructure in 2005? Yes.

@6:46, Your argument is lame. Wall street doesnt like its bailout. The nerve of hose selfish cokeheads. If you are guaging the economy by your portfolio managers petulant reactions then you need to check yourself. The dow will not be happy until soemone drives a truckload of money onto their doorstep. McCain would be drying like baby with poopydiapers if he had to man up to what’s happening right now. Give it up.

Oh, and how dare you ever utter Bush when we just rid ourselvbes of that walking mistake