Ding, ding, ding!
We have a winner! Whenever anyone mentions Zandi, they refer to him as a Republican economist. Just shows you how much trouble the Republican party is in!
Without revealing who I am, I was in DC with a group of conservative economists (yes, there droves of them — they are rarely interviewed by the press or hired by the government - hence, no one thinks they really exist).
We were all trashing Zandi as a complete fool and stooge for Obama. We have all written GDP reports (why they are misleading), but the press shows no interest. Even Fox. I even sent our “The Truth about GDP and the Stimuls.” Fox blew us off. Of course, Cavuto et al would rather talk to some investor who has something to gain by lying than talking to someone who is objective. Cavuto loves Mark Calabria at Cato, but he is a politico for the right, not a real economist.
This is the new reality. The media, Moody’s and others know that Obama is more than willing to ignore the constitution and enact censorship, cut Fox off TV, punish the private sector at will, etc.
And good luck with blogs. Obama and his brown shirts are reading Freep and trying to figure out who is who. Be careful.