A blog written by Manchester College students studying the 2008 presidential campaign.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Leadership status of Economics

As both Wall Street and Main Street alike prepare to react and recover to the recent collapses of Freddie and Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, and the federal bailout of AIG, Sen. McCain has an opening to make the case to the American people that he has the judgment to lead in tough economic times. Well before this catastrophe occured, Sen. McCain sought to reform both Freddie and Fannie because of fears that what has happened would happen.
I've got the chance the last few days to go over a few of the economic standings of both candidates because of my marco economics class. I feel that Obama has a strong hold for what we are going through economically and is very aggressive with his arguements. McCain doesn't seem to support that we are in need of drastic changes. He is aware of whats going on, but I just don't feel he can successfully do what needs to be done to help as a nation.

2 comments:

Jihan k said...

i agree that obama migh be able to address the ecanomic issue better than maccain, knowing how he lived his life through college and how his financial status was.

lmbutterbaugh said...

I don't know...from the looks of this paparazzi shot, the dems enjoy their own fair share of Starbucks. They too feel the crunch of the 5-dollar coffee. Wonder if Starbucks will get its own bail-out package?

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