Either he is being pragmatic, or he's trying to figure out how he's going to get the money to tear down the Rezko slums and build snazzy government housing for poor folk. I think his emphasis on the FHA/HUD is going to be huge.

I need some leftover change baby.

Caught the last few minutes of todays "This Week". Question for you, and this country's media in general. Why is it OK for your black female guest host (dont know her name) to comment about Ms. Palin's visit this coming week to Georgia to support the R senator running for election by saying "Georgia the state, not Georgia the country", as if to incinuate that Palin doesn't know the difference?IMAGINE IF THE SAME COMMENT WAS DIRECTED TOWARD A BLACK CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE, INCINUATIING THAT HE WAS STUPID OR NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED. I have one question for this RACIST guest host of yours...did she ever meet or speak with Ms. Palin, or is she like most of the rest of this ignorant, and lazy country's media, making her assumptions from unsubstantiated, biased so-called news reports? I voted for McCain, but fully support the peoples choice, Mr. Obama. Ms. Palin did not ask to be chosen, she did her best to rise to an impossible task, and showed nothing but dignity and grace in the face of horrid and immature personal attacks and innuendo. When will the childish unsubstantiated isults end toward Palin? ARE THE MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATS (sorry to be redundant) THAT AFRAID OF THIS SO CALLED IGNORANT, COUNTRY WOMAN THAT THEY CANNOT STOP ATTACKING HER 3 WEEKS AFTER THE RACE IS OVER???

Banks can control their risks and yet they get TRILLIONS of bailout money. Insurance companies, auto makers, and mortgage lenders the same. Farmers, however, have no way to control their risks: weather, insects, resistant weeds, trade policies, exports, etc. They also cannot control the commodities market and yet are at the mercy of input vendors for fertilizer, nitrogen, etc. which has risen 150% in the past year. If all the subsidies are removed, then food prices will rise because farmers will go out of business each year. The "Farm Bill" of 2008 should have been called the Food Stamp BIll for Nonfarmers - almost 90% went into subsidy payments for nonfarmers. Attacking farmers is ridiculous - domestic food and fuel supply is critical. Everyone else gets a bailout - even when they take risks that they control. Why shouldn't we protect farmers against risks they cannot control? Farming is inherently risky but maybe we can do without food and import it all from other countries?

Hippie Smasher,
I agree with you that Palin was subject to some very harsh attacks, certainly some were unwarrented. Having said that, I must point out that I don't see any reason for you to call the guest host on "This Week" a racist. Is there any reason to support this claim besides the fact that she happens to be a black person talking about a white person?

I love how Obama lost all his support on internet blogs and forums like these.

I voted McCain, and with these national security issues popping up all of a sudden I am positive it was the right choice

However I agree with Obama here (Bush tried it first though) The domestic support program doesn't work. It in fact is the reason that 3rd world economies are not going any place fast.

Hurry up WTO and force the EU and us Americans to give up our export and domestic subsidies!

I just happen to live in the top county for collecting farm subsidies in the entire nation. The top two counties in terms of subsidy and disaster payments in dollar amounts are Lynn and dawson counties. These are neighboring counties both located in Texas. This is documented on a websight showing the actual dollar amounts each farmer has collected in recent years. I happen to know most of the farmers who collect these payments personally. Guess what folks not a single one of these farmers grow food!...They all grow COTTON! Furthermore the so called farmer who receives the most in subsidy payments is not a farmer at all... HE IS AN ATTORNEY! The farmers in this area intentionally plant in places that have absolutely no chance of producing a crop at all in areas that could not grow a weed in the wetest years. These farmers plant crops banking on disaster not production! furthermore each and every family member of these so called farmers regardless of age gender occupation or area they live in also receive personal farm subsidy checks for small and huge dollar amounts depending on the amount of acreage in which they are signed up for. These families are all secretly mega rich hiding funds in offshore accounts vacation homes in different cities states mutual funds ect. Non of the money these GOOD HARDWORKING PEOPLE receive is put back into community or locally except for maybe the brand new vehicles each family member purchases each and every year from the local dealership. The area cattle ranchers who produce actual food in the form of BEEF relying only on natural native grass and water to do so DO NOT! devastate the soil and atmosphere with deadly chemicals poisoning the very scarce water supply here as these cotton farmers do. Beef Ranchers receive little to nothing from the government in the form of subsidies. The subsidy program is one big SCAM in this area all money going to non food "farmers" planting bogus and often times nonexistant crops. I say lets subsidize only those who actually produce FOOD! Its funny that all the honest hardworking ranchers who seem to survive okay even though the price they receive for cattle at market is extremely low. Why cant the cotton farmers do the same or get a real job like everybody else.

Personally i could care less if Obama was black,white , pink or even green with brown polka dots. He was against the bill and know that he's president it's all of a sudden a great idea. This is just away to somehow jump start his presidency. This is just going to make other families increase in poverty due to the fact that they can't pay bills due to the fact that they can't make enough profit. Obama better get on the same page and keep his promise to better America.