Tag Archives: Bill Clinton

Dick Morris (ex-strategist for Bill Clinton) devoted, not one, but two, strong columns against the Hillary-Clinton-as-VP scenario.

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Dick Morris: It would be an act of terminal insanity for Barack Obama to name Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential candidate. [...] Finally, having Hillary in the West Wing would be a nightmare. – Dick Morris: Instead of conceding … Continue reading →

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Michael Bloomberg for US President??

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Michael Bloomberg to run as Independent in 2008 Previous: Under this hypothetical scenario, the money would support a targeted advertising campaign to sell an Electoral College strategy to voters. — The McLaughlin Group (MP4 file): MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Issue Four: Back … Continue reading →

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Macro reflections on private equity hypocrisy, and recent dollar history

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Caveat Bettor

Unlike this peak signal, I don’t see the apparent hypocrisy of private equity players tapping public money supply. In fact, isn’t it a good pairs trade? Sell the overvalued asset and buy the undervalued assets? UPDATE: Steve Conover has another … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Finance | Tagged America, Bill Clinton, Dani Rodrik, Jimmy Carter, Mexico, Nixon, President, Robert Rubin, Steve Conover, treasury secretary, Trilemma Model | Leave a comment

Who could have masterminded the alleged manipulation of the Hillary Clinton prediction market???

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Fortune: [...] [Haim] Saban wasn’t even interested in politics until he met Bill Clinton during his first term as President. The meeting was brief, but the friendship grew as Clinton made dozens of trips to California during his presidency. Clinton, … Continue reading →

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Media Predict’s Brent Stinski interviewed by Sandra Ruttan

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Guest Author

Media Predict’s Brent Stinski interviewed by Sandra Ruttan – Originally posted on the “In For Questioning” blog — Betting on a Bestseller: Media Predict responds to questions about the stock market approach to publishing Yesterday we learned Simon & Schuster … Continue reading →

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This is a really tough decision. War may well be the right decision at this point. In fact, I think itâ€“itâ€™sâ€“itâ€“it probably is.

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

So said Time columnist Joe Klein just before the Iraq war. And now, Joe Klein pretends that he was all against this Iraq war from day one. Joe Klein is just the latest of the so-called “MSN” pundits caught red-handed … Continue reading →

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How did the pollsters fare in predicting the 2006 US elections? – Accuracy & Precision

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Grading the Pollsters – [polls accuracy] – by WSJ’s Carl Bialik, “the number guys” – 2006-11-16 While data are now easier to obtain, there remains disagreement about how to calculate accuracy. Is picking the winner enough? Most experts agree it … Continue reading →

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