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In reply to the discussion: Hillary can't win.....period [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)11. We can run an actual Democrat this time & win,
And maybe finally end the middle east invasions that seem never-ending at the moment and avoid another 2008 which was brought on by the other Clinton's propensity to "reach across the aisle" & work "with" republicans~
In 1992, the Democratic-controlled 102nd Congress under the George H. W. Bush administration weakened regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with the goal of making available more money for the issuance of home loans. The Washington Post wrote: "Congress also wanted to free up money for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy mortgage loans and specified that the pair would be required to keep a much smaller share of their funds on hand than other financial institutions. Whereas banks that held $100 could spend $90 buying mortgage loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could spend $97.50 buying loans. Finally, Congress ordered that the companies be required to keep more capital as a cushion against losses if they invested in riskier securities. But the rule was never set during the Clinton administration, which came to office that winter, and was only put in place nine years later."[146]
Some economists have pointed to deregulation efforts as contributing to the collapse.[147][148][149] In 1999, the Republican controlled 106th Congress U.S. Congress under the Clinton administration passed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed part of the GlassSteagall Act of 1933. This repeal has been criticized by some for having contributed to the proliferation of the complex and opaque financial instruments which are at the heart of the crisis.[150] However, some economists object to singling out the repeal of GlassSteagall for criticism. Brad DeLong, a former advisor to President Clinton and economist at the University of California, Berkeley and Tyler Cowen of George Mason University have both argued that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act softened the impact of the crisis by allowing for mergers and acquisitions of collapsing banks as the crisis unfolded in late 2008.[151]
Some economists have pointed to deregulation efforts as contributing to the collapse.[147][148][149] In 1999, the Republican controlled 106th Congress U.S. Congress under the Clinton administration passed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed part of the GlassSteagall Act of 1933. This repeal has been criticized by some for having contributed to the proliferation of the complex and opaque financial instruments which are at the heart of the crisis.[150] However, some economists object to singling out the repeal of GlassSteagall for criticism. Brad DeLong, a former advisor to President Clinton and economist at the University of California, Berkeley and Tyler Cowen of George Mason University have both argued that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act softened the impact of the crisis by allowing for mergers and acquisitions of collapsing banks as the crisis unfolded in late 2008.[151]
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While I don't support Hillary I do believe virtually any Democratic nominee will win in 2016
davidsilver
Mar 2015
#1
And, on foreign affairs, she has an enormous handicap - Hillary is Bibi. "There is no daylight"
leveymg
Mar 2015
#2
On Israel, actually, there is a clear split between the "maximalists" (HRC, AIPAC, GOP) and Obama
leveymg
Mar 2015
#82
Ronald Reagan lost the 1976 Republican primary and won the presidency twice by landslides.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#121
Totally. I'll take an activist actor over a self-serving sneaky politician any day. nt
NYC_SKP
Mar 2015
#123
Polls show Hillary Clinton beating all her Republican challengers by double digits
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#8
Your accusation that she is running against President Obama because of a three year old...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#88
Who is she running against, then? Hillary is still running with Bibi against Obama.
leveymg
Mar 2015
#116
An attack on her LEFT flank (though Obama is still too centrist). She is republican kryptonite.
MillennialDem
Mar 2015
#112
So we should ignore all the polls showing her beating every potential GOP candidate.
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2015
#5
Ok run some other slob against Jeb Bush and what have you got? 8 more years of
The_Casual_Observer
Mar 2015
#6
No "real" Democrat is ever going to win and haven't for a long long time.
The_Casual_Observer
Mar 2015
#46
Yep-- there's no excuse for compromising so severely this time, much less pre-primary.
Marr
Mar 2015
#60
Yep. She may be a corporatist trollup to Wall Street and war profiteers, but she is OUR corporatist
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#54
He's my second choice. It is , imho, a testament to HRC's strength that she handily defeats him ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#15
Should have started to develop this "anyone else" you speak of about 4 years ago.
JoePhilly
Mar 2015
#14
Name someone who wasn't already in the Republican camp who would reject Hillary over the email story
brooklynite
Mar 2015
#18
Oh pish posh. Everybody lies. Why should Hillary be held to a higher standard?
AtomicKitten
Mar 2015
#19
There's non-corporate Republicans?!?! Please enlighten me. Who are they?!?! nt
stillwaiting
Mar 2015
#77
It's amazing how many Democrats don't realize how much she's hated by much of America. n/t
Dawgs
Mar 2015
#33
A clear majority in all the polls support Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#55
I'm not a big Hillary fan, but at this point I'm certain she'll be elected if she runs.
Vinca
Mar 2015
#56
I don't know--I didn't know a propensity for murdering animals was hereditary.
Starry Messenger
Mar 2015
#95
I'm so glad I'm me and not a mean person who likes to bully and intimidate. That's so weak.
NYC_SKP
Mar 2015
#96
I got the sign Hillary will run and win. As I went through the check out line
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#79
Why not leave Hillary out of it? If you've got someone else in mind, talk about them. Of course,
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2015
#86
Problem is whoever they want to run would rather eat a urinal cake than deal with the far left.
great white snark
Mar 2015
#91
I suspect she isn't very popular with the backwoods Duck Dynasty crowd...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#114