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October 5th, 2008 by Cliff Lyon Cliff LyonCliff Lyon

Economists Examine the Candidates

Two weeks ago we wrote about a survey of economists preference for our next President.

Criticism from he right-wing readers was predictable. Bias they screamed. “Economists are almost all academics” said one (RO). As if academics are liberal because they tend to be well-educated.

Now the prestigious Economists Magazine has done another survey in The Economist’s poll of economists: Examining the candidates.

…Still, even if we exclude respondents with a party identification, Mr Obama retains a strong edge”

But here is the larger point and one that transcends every policy issue.

A candidate’s economic expertise may matter rather less if he surrounds himself with clever advisers. Unfortunately for Mr McCain, 81% of all respondents reckon Mr Obama is more likely to do that; among unaffiliated respondents, 71% say so.

Republicanism has become an ideology that requires Republicans at every level to appoint advisors with a proven allegiance to an ideology — a corrupt ideology.

Obama, like Clinton, is more interested in good governance and as such consistently overlook party affiliation when choosing advisors.

This is why Democrats shall retain a powerful majority across government, local, state, and federal for years to come. As it should be.

Republicans have had eight years to show the American people, they have a role to play in the future of America. They don’t. They blew it.

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4 Responses to “Economists Examine the Candidates”

  1. Richard Warnick Says:
    October 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am

    Sarah Palin reads The Economist too. You betcha!

    Given a do-over by those friendly fellows at Fox News (and a few days to prepare), Palin was able to answer some of the questions that froze her in her tracks when they were first put to her earlier by Katie Couric of CBS News. As you may recall, Palin was unable to name a single newspaper or magazine after saying that she reads “all of them.”

    Via Think Progress:

    Yesterday on MSNBC’s Hardball, Politico’s Mike Allen suggested that Palin should have lied and said that she reads “The Economist.” “Somebody told me, she should have just said ‘The Economist,’” said Allen. “Everybody lies about reading ‘The Economist.’”

    Ironically, Palin was given a chance to redeem herself on that same question in an interview with Fox News today. Her response? “The Economist”:

    CAMERON: Well, what do you read?

    PALIN: I read the same things that other people across the country read, including the “New York Times” and the “Wall Street Journal” and “The Economist” and some of these publications that we’ve recently even been interviewed through up there in Alaska.

  2. Farmer cow paddie Says:
    October 5th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

    Yes, we have been so well served by the experts.

    Let us continue to listen to them.

    Are not most democrats Keynesians, deficit spending having been invented by them, and since adopted by republicans that can see the potential for theft without culpability?

  3. Cliff Lyon Says:
    October 5th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Maybe so Fcp (Glenn), but it sure is nice to have a budget surplus.

  4. jdberger Says:
    October 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Err, Cliff. It’s not Economists Magazine. It’s The Economist.

    Proofread a little better and soon enough people will start to take you as seriously as Larry.

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