Does the Election Matter For Your Job?

27 August 2008

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As the U.S. presidential campaign enters its home stretch, economic and financial problems are in the public spotlight as perhaps never before.

With the housing slump and the threat of bank failures likely to persist into 2009 and maybe beyond, it's a safe bet that the next administration will be confronted with financial bombshells and policy dilemmas similar to those that surfaced during the Bush administration's final year.

Do you think an Obama administration or a McCain administration would be more effective at controlling the damage from the present credit crunch, and/or insuring that the mistakes that spawned it won't be repeated some time in the future? More concisely: which candidate would be better for your career prospects?

Or, do you consider the election's outcome immaterial to the condition the financial system will be in upon emerging from this credit crunch and thereafter?

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Molly
9 September 2008
I've enjoyed reading all the comments. I'm a former Hillary supporter and I will be voting for Obama/Biden. I'm sorry, but the one-liners offered by Grandpa McCain and Miss Alaska have done nothing to persuade me of their competency for the job of running the country.
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Destiny
9 September 2008
I guess this election for America is simple - do you want a black or white president! Period! I can bet that Americans are that shallow....i dont think they will vote for Obama - just because he is black.....And that is the truth. And if they do, they will surpise not only me, but the world. But i have my bet that they wont and am sure to win the bet!
And i think Obama is a great leader, a visionary....and i wish that for once America would see the great potential it has in getting a new leader for a while and helping the country restore it to its previous glory and state. McCain has nothing to offer - just the Bush rhetoric and the world sees that.....i hope Americans see that! And if they expect the economy to improve - they better start to think really hard or they will end up selling their birth right for the sake of jobs elsewhere...
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g
8 September 2008
An independent voter, I support McCain. Just because you are book smart does and make pretty speeches doesn't mean you will make a good president. Regardless of whether or not it was a good idea to invade Iraq, we are in Iraq now. What if we leave Iraq in 16 months and it is not yet stable. Then another war breaks out in the middle east. What do we do then? Does the US just then say "Oh we're just going to let them sort it out its not our problem anymore, It's George Bush's problem." I don't think there is anyone in the US that likes war and wants to see more troops die, but seriously, it has to make sense logically. John McCain has the ****s to say that we can't leave yet. Barack Obama wants to get elected to add President of the United States of America to his Harvard, Princeton, Yale, # 1 resume. Hard working class, blue collar voters my ***!
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tstamova
5 September 2008
Dear Meh,
real patriotism is not something you wear on your lapel... nor your sleeve.
True Patriotism is manifested in standing up and questioning the road the country and its people have been taken into while everybody else is hiding their heads in the sand not knowing what to do because the guy wearing ten pins doesn't provide the Leadership they need.
Real Leadership takes form in the Strategies employed and shape through the Actions taken to implement them, because a true Patriot knows that every action and every word have far reaching and long lasting effects.
Above all a true Patriot knows that every action has a Price which is usually payed by the People!
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Dana
5 September 2008
meh, did you not watch the Democratic Convention and Obama's speech? Is that all the substance you can bring to this discussion? What about the facts or the issues about each political party? The Republican's are trying to put Obama's experience down; however, the facts still remain . . . Whether or not you like the individual, McCain is still a Republican and believes in rewarding the upper class.
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