Former Hillary Supporter Says Obama Would Boost Economy

Andrew Young, former Atlanta Mayor and U.N. ambassador, backed Hillary. Now, after doing some learning about Obama and observing Obama overseas, he says this: 

And because Obama would be welcomed by global leaders, Young believes his presidency would have a dramatic beneficial impact in the United States.

“Nothing would have more impact on the economy and the price of oil than his election as president,” Young said. “There would be a boost of 1,000 points on the stock market the first week after he’s elected. This would be better than a chicken in every pot.”

People have had a good laugh about Obama's overseas trip, thanks to McCain's attempts to belittle the trip out of sheer jealousy. But to discount Obama's ability to inspire and get along with world leaders, would be ignorant. America's economy is tied to the global economy and global relations. Read the whole story. 

Boy Envy of Obama

Maureen Dowd says there are a lot of boys out there, McCain and Bill Clinton included, who have a case of boy envy. There's a lot of testosterone flying around in this election that's making it easy to differentiate between the grownups and those still playing juvenile politics.

NYT: Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering J.F.K., has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy.

Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson and John Edwards have all been crazed with envy over the ascendance of the new “It” guy, Barack Obama.

Unlike his wife, Bill Clinton — the master of fake sincerity — still continues to openly begrudge his party’s betrothed.

Asked by Kate Snow of ABC News in Africa whether Obama was ready to be president, Clinton gave a classic Clintonian answer: “You could argue that no one’s ever ready to be president.”

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Now John McCain is pea-green with envy. That’s the only explanation for why a man who prides himself on honor, a man who vowed not to take the low road in the campaign, having been mugged by W. and Rove in South Carolina in 2000, is engaging in a festival of juvenilia.

The Arizona senator who built his reputation on being a brave proponent of big solutions is running a schoolyard campaign about tire gauges and Paris Hilton, childishly accusing his opponent of being too serious, too popular and not patriotic enough.

Even his own mother, the magical 96-year-old Roberta McCain, let slip that she thought the Paris Hilton-Britney Spears ad was “kinda stupid.”

Bill Clinton's lame response video. Obama's not only fighting McCain, he's fighting the democratic power structure. We need to get past Clinton politics. If Obama beats that, change is upon us.

McCain calls for an "economic surge." No he didn't. Yes he did. 

Speaking in Jackson, Ohio, the senator from Arizona said the surge has worked in Iraq so it's time for one at home.

"What we need today is an economic surge. The surge has succeeded in Iraq militarily -- now we need an economic surge to keep jobs here at home and create new ones," McCain said, referring to the additional 30,000 troops sent to Iraq in 2007.