By The Tim on November 6, 2012
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Posted in Open Thread | Tagged election, open_thread, politics
By The Tim on October 24, 2012
There is one major political topic that has been mysteriously absent from both major presidential campaigns during this year’s presidential election season… housing. Nick Timiraos noted this in the Wall Street Journal in early September. Here we are in late October, four debates later, and nothing has really changed. Barely a peep about housing from [...]
Posted in National, News, Opinion | Tagged economics, Economy, Inman, interest, mortgages, NPR, Obama, politics, Romney, tax deduction
By The Tim on August 17, 2012
Back in January 2008, nearly two years after the housing bust began, and six months after home prices peaked in the Seattle area, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire was hitting the campaign trail with a reelection message powered by complete denial: Addressing the politically powerful Washington Realtors, the Democratic governor said she sometimes wishes people [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged 2008, Friday Flashback, Gregoire, politics
By The Tim on June 3, 2012
This poll was active 06.03.2012 through 06.09.2012
Posted in Polls | Tagged politics, Polls
By The Tim on November 28, 2011
This is fairly off-topic (although we have covered this subject occasionally in the past), but with all the teeth-gnashing I’ve been reading about lately regarding the latest round of supposedly major cuts required to keep state spending in line with revenues, I thought it might be interesting to look at a couple of charts on [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged budget, Gregoire, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on October 27, 2011
Okay, as long as we’re talking politics this week, let’s just dive in head first. I’d like to discuss the latest federal “relief” plan that made news this week. Here’s an AP story from Monday: Obama Offers Mortgage Relief on Western Trip LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged bailout, government_meddling, HARP, Obama, politics
