Did Obama Blink on Capital Gains Taxes?

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Does anyone know when or how a change in the Capital Gains rate becomes effective?

Richard of FL 10:09AM September 02, 2008

He really is the anti-christ

john of LA 11:43PM August 21, 2008

As per your request, what qualifies Barack Obama to run this country:
He is a natural born citizen, over the age of 35, and has been a permanent resident of the US for 14 years.
That's all you need. There are other things that make it look good (prior public service, prior military service, etc), but those are the basic ones. Your local grocery store manager could go for it if he (or she) had the desire.
What qualifies him to oversee our $14 trillion economy? Couldn't the same be asked of his opponent?
What qualifies him to be commander-in-chief?
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
- Jean Paul Richter
And altho G.W. did have military service under his belt, how well has he done as commander-in-chief? People certainly felt he was qualified.
I write this not to defend Obama, nor insult McCain. I feel both are great Americans, in different ways. I feel both have a vision of the future of our country, with some common ground and some drastic differences.
What really qualifies Obama to be president, however, is he is there. He's out there, talking to the people, trying to put his vision into action. He's met the requirements, and he's going ahead with it, win or lose.
It's the same thing that truly qualifies his opponent.

Robert W. Cook of NY 3:23PM August 19, 2008

CNN & MSNBC’s larger than life Saint Obama seems to grow smaller the closer we approach him and find out the truth that cable news pundits can’t seem to find or report to voters?Obama has lost his small 3pt lead in the national polls his position in the electoral count has deteriorated. Obama has dropped significantly and it’s hard to locate a single instance in a battleground state where Obama has improved in all recent polling data. Whether it was vacation, Putin’s aggressive invasion of Georgia, or some other factor like voters beginning to see that cable news pundits like CNN & MSNBC have not been reporting fair, balanced or in some cases truthful information on both candidates, voters have begun to research Obama on their own and the American TV viewer is learning daily on the lack of true journalism from these cable news pundits?. Proof of that is Obama starts the week leading to convention in his weakest position thus far in the general election. The bad news - obviously - is that Obama appears to have reaped no initial benefit from the tens of millions of dollars he’s spent on advertising over the last two and a half months. All of which strikes me as a bit of a problem at this point. While the cool, composed, no-drama Obama may appear presidential to some it also makes him detached from the many and multiplying crises around him. These are not the most soothing of times for Americans. The economy is shaky. Unemployment is up. Growth is down. Oil prices have hit the roof just as home prices have crashed through the floor. Detroit is facing a full-fledged meltdown. We are still embroiled in two wars, neither of which offers much hope for a happy ending. Al Qaeda is running wild in western Pakistan. And now, like some bad acid flashback, Russia is acting like it wants to restart the Cold War. Obama should try to alter his basic nature or pretend to care deeply about these issues that are not important to him. Obama needs to recognize that unrelenting cool may not be what voters are longing for this election.

Kurt of OH 9:09AM August 19, 2008

CNN & MSNBC Saintly Obama seems to grow smaller the closer we approach him and find out the truth that cable news pundits cant seem to find and or report…
No longer can Americans trust the media, which was given special constitutional privileges to look out for the folks."Obama is an empty suit. From the day he was sworn in to the Senate to the date he declared his run for the presidency, is only 145 days on the job. He has literally no experience. (Not figuratively, literally!) He's not qualified to run a Dairy Queen.
Proven Obama has most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate. Obama is to the left of Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Russ Feingold, Pat Leahy and Barbara Boxer. That's extremely difficult to do. Obama is a textbook big-government, tax-and-spend liberal. He plans to raise income tax rates, capital gains tax rates, Social Security taxes (by virtue of eliminating the cap), dividend taxes, inheritance taxes, and introduce a slew of new taxes. His plan will destroy this country
To ALL the obamakins and of course the bias CNN & MSNBC I have one simple request. Please spare me the hope and the change bull, and the Bush's third term, McSame etc… Please just tell American voters what qualifies Barack Obama to run this country. What qualifies him to oversee our $14 trillion economy, the largest on earth? What qualifies him to be commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces in a time of war? Please just give me one single solid qualification. And race does not qualify!! That would be one more than anyone including cable media has provided to date. WE ALL HAVE GROWN EXTREMLY TIRED OF MEDIA SAINTED OBAMA….

Lacky of MI 9:07AM August 19, 2008

Thanks for your coverage on this. You do a real service to Americans. The old media of which far too many blindly listen to in trust has done a disservice to us all. The lack of true journalism is shameful. There should never be a situation as there exists today ... where a democrat is never asked to clarify with specifics. Politicians use rhetorical speak - its a given! Journalism in the old media (i.e. network news,CNN and daily rags)is nonexistent.
Thank you again for challenging the rhetoric to seek real meaning.
JW
PS:
Laughable... the campaign can only quote Obama - that is to say they can't add clarity? It would be better if Barack just said "I don't know".

JW of PA 7:42PM August 18, 2008