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...think we’re probably going into a recession either way,” he said. “But this makes it more likely to be severe and long-lasting...
...said in a column that Sarah Palin's candidacy would be either dramatically successful or dramatically not. What's your feeling right now? I thought she gave an excellent speech [at the Republican convention] and she is a moving and rousing figure. But I became concerned as the weeks passed at the manner in which the McCain campaign was treating her like she was a Fabergé Easter egg - don't drop it! It might crack! I can tell you that her interviews - to the extent that she has thought aloud - have not been impressive...
...Mind you, I'm not saying that business reporters failed at their jobs by not adequately foreseeing the disaster. I'm not saying they didn't, either - the thing about media criticism is that you can't possibly be an expert on everyone's beat, and I don't pretend to. (The Columbia Journalism Review says business-journalism failure was a possibility, though...
...like the financial press has swept the story under the rug, certainly. But what we've generally heard are either dire - but very vague - warnings or the general argument that, if credit dries up, that affects loans to businesses and little guys, and people start to lose jobs...
Supporting the bill wasn't easy for lawmakers on either side of the aisle. As the deal was being worked out last week, congressional offices were reporting that constituent phone calls were running 100 to 1 against the measure, which was seen across the country as a bailout of the very Wall Street executives whose misjudgment in making and selling bad real estate investments had spawned a credit crisis that threatens to drag down the entire financial system...