Hillary Clinton said that on her proposal (originally John McCain’s proposal) for a gas tax holiday, everyone needed to declare whether they were “with her or against her.”
She stands alone.
Huffington Post: Expert Support For Gas Tax Holiday Appears Nonexistent
Washington Post: Economists Release Letter Opposing Clinton Gas Tax Plan
NY Times: Who Will Tell the People?
Much nonsense has been written about how Hillary Clinton is “toughening up” Barack Obama so he’ll be tough enough to withstand Republican attacks. Sorry, we don’t need a president who is tough enough to withstand the lies of his opponents. We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I’m voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV — at 8 p.m. — from the White House East Room.
Who will tell the people? We are not who we think we are. We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country.
Robert Reich: Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Listen to Economists
Even though the summer gas tax holiday is pure hokum, it polls well, which is why HRC and John McCain are pushing it. That Barack Obama is not in favor of it despite its positive polling numbers speaks volumes about the kind of president he’ll be – and the kind of president we’d otherwise get from McCain and HRC.
(Reich served as Secretary of Labor during Bill Clinton’s first term.)
Good article from WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121002229576468609.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
What a crazy night in Indiana, hoping Obama wins.
FYI, I think your CPM’s placements are blocking your comment capacity (if it’s a large comment it will not post) I think it’s because placement is too low. You might have to change that when traffic comes in.
Juventus, for some reason several of your comments have been picked up by Akismet as spam. It could be that many of your comments have links in them. I don’t mind getting them; Akismet does that to prevent spammers from submitting fake comments with links.