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ParticipantI think Barak is popular precisely because he does not emphasize particular issues or opinions, but rather talks about themes that make almost everyone feel good. Who is against “unity”? Who will argue with the statement, “Yes we can!” Who doesn’t want change of some sort? These are platitudes – they aren’t specific policy positions.
The problem Obama will have if he gets elected is that he has raised hopes very high. Some of his supporters see him as a man who can bring about heaven on earth. He can’t.
Our political system is practically designed for gridlock. This makes it difficult for one leader to change things unless he/she wins a “realignment” election which dramatically alters the composition of the House and Senate. I don’t think the 2008 Election will be like that.
Our founders were conservative, not in the modern Reagan/GW Bush sense of the word, but in the sense that they feared large-scale, sudden change. They set up a system that makes it hard to bring about big changes quickly. There’s a good side to that, and a bad side to that. It’s very difficult for a President to get his initiatives passed, but its also very difficult for Congress to over-ride a Presidential veto.
I think if Barak wins he will have a difficult time convincing Congress to pass his initiatives, unless he moderates them somewhat.
ParticipantI think Barak is popular precisely because he does not emphasize particular issues or opinions, but rather talks about themes that make almost everyone feel good. Who is against “unity”? Who will argue with the statement, “Yes we can!” Who doesn’t want change of some sort? These are platitudes – they aren’t specific policy positions.
The problem Obama will have if he gets elected is that he has raised hopes very high. Some of his supporters see him as a man who can bring about heaven on earth. He can’t.
Our political system is practically designed for gridlock. This makes it difficult for one leader to change things unless he/she wins a “realignment” election which dramatically alters the composition of the House and Senate. I don’t think the 2008 Election will be like that.
Our founders were conservative, not in the modern Reagan/GW Bush sense of the word, but in the sense that they feared large-scale, sudden change. They set up a system that makes it hard to bring about big changes quickly. There’s a good side to that, and a bad side to that. It’s very difficult for a President to get his initiatives passed, but its also very difficult for Congress to over-ride a Presidential veto.
I think if Barak wins he will have a difficult time convincing Congress to pass his initiatives, unless he moderates them somewhat.
ParticipantI think Barak is popular precisely because he does not emphasize particular issues or opinions, but rather talks about themes that make almost everyone feel good. Who is against “unity”? Who will argue with the statement, “Yes we can!” Who doesn’t want change of some sort? These are platitudes – they aren’t specific policy positions.
The problem Obama will have if he gets elected is that he has raised hopes very high. Some of his supporters see him as a man who can bring about heaven on earth. He can’t.
Our political system is practically designed for gridlock. This makes it difficult for one leader to change things unless he/she wins a “realignment” election which dramatically alters the composition of the House and Senate. I don’t think the 2008 Election will be like that.
Our founders were conservative, not in the modern Reagan/GW Bush sense of the word, but in the sense that they feared large-scale, sudden change. They set up a system that makes it hard to bring about big changes quickly. There’s a good side to that, and a bad side to that. It’s very difficult for a President to get his initiatives passed, but its also very difficult for Congress to over-ride a Presidential veto.
I think if Barak wins he will have a difficult time convincing Congress to pass his initiatives, unless he moderates them somewhat.
ParticipantI think Barak is popular precisely because he does not emphasize particular issues or opinions, but rather talks about themes that make almost everyone feel good. Who is against “unity”? Who will argue with the statement, “Yes we can!” Who doesn’t want change of some sort? These are platitudes – they aren’t specific policy positions.
The problem Obama will have if he gets elected is that he has raised hopes very high. Some of his supporters see him as a man who can bring about heaven on earth. He can’t.
Our political system is practically designed for gridlock. This makes it difficult for one leader to change things unless he/she wins a “realignment” election which dramatically alters the composition of the House and Senate. I don’t think the 2008 Election will be like that.
Our founders were conservative, not in the modern Reagan/GW Bush sense of the word, but in the sense that they feared large-scale, sudden change. They set up a system that makes it hard to bring about big changes quickly. There’s a good side to that, and a bad side to that. It’s very difficult for a President to get his initiatives passed, but its also very difficult for Congress to over-ride a Presidential veto.
I think if Barak wins he will have a difficult time convincing Congress to pass his initiatives, unless he moderates them somewhat.
Participantpatientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean
Participantpatientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean
Participantpatientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean
Participantpatientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean
Participantpatientlywaiting hit the nail on the head – affordability.
In Pasadena we have a retail center called Paseo Colorado, which is very upscale. They built five or six stories of apts. above the two-level retail complex. The apartments are sky high in price. I asked someone who lived there what it was like to live there and he said, “A lot of times it’s very noisy.” That is what I would not want – lot’s noise, especially into the night.
If I were a student in San Diego, I’d much rather live on the UCSD campus! Imagine being in Torrey Pines – the smell and the sight of the ocean so close to you. I love riding my bike up from the Village in La Jolla and going right by the University. The Mall is east of the freeway, much farther (further?) from the ocean
ParticipantThis is a big challenge to policy makers…
The problem is that every time they “solve” one problem they create another one. The real estate bubble started with the tech stock melt-down and the desire of policy makers to inject liquidity into the economy. They brought interest rates down…which led to many cheap mortgage dollars chasing a relatively small pool of truly eligible borrowers. You know the rest.
Who knows what the next asset class is that will get the bubble treatment?
Meanwhile, California faces a fiscal crisis…even as our State economy is headed down.
ParticipantThis is a big challenge to policy makers…
The problem is that every time they “solve” one problem they create another one. The real estate bubble started with the tech stock melt-down and the desire of policy makers to inject liquidity into the economy. They brought interest rates down…which led to many cheap mortgage dollars chasing a relatively small pool of truly eligible borrowers. You know the rest.
Who knows what the next asset class is that will get the bubble treatment?
Meanwhile, California faces a fiscal crisis…even as our State economy is headed down.
ParticipantThis is a big challenge to policy makers…
The problem is that every time they “solve” one problem they create another one. The real estate bubble started with the tech stock melt-down and the desire of policy makers to inject liquidity into the economy. They brought interest rates down…which led to many cheap mortgage dollars chasing a relatively small pool of truly eligible borrowers. You know the rest.
Who knows what the next asset class is that will get the bubble treatment?
Meanwhile, California faces a fiscal crisis…even as our State economy is headed down.
ParticipantThis is a big challenge to policy makers…
The problem is that every time they “solve” one problem they create another one. The real estate bubble started with the tech stock melt-down and the desire of policy makers to inject liquidity into the economy. They brought interest rates down…which led to many cheap mortgage dollars chasing a relatively small pool of truly eligible borrowers. You know the rest.
Who knows what the next asset class is that will get the bubble treatment?
Meanwhile, California faces a fiscal crisis…even as our State economy is headed down.
ParticipantThis is a big challenge to policy makers…
The problem is that every time they “solve” one problem they create another one. The real estate bubble started with the tech stock melt-down and the desire of policy makers to inject liquidity into the economy. They brought interest rates down…which led to many cheap mortgage dollars chasing a relatively small pool of truly eligible borrowers. You know the rest.
Who knows what the next asset class is that will get the bubble treatment?
Meanwhile, California faces a fiscal crisis…even as our State economy is headed down.
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