Douglas Holtz

Broken Reps Watch

Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008

McCain chief economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a serious academic economist, has to defend calling Obama a socialist....

Admitting Defeat?

The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008

McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin , to PBS's Suarez : "There are ways to get to 270 without Pennsylvania. I don't think there's a way to 270 without both Pennsylvania and Ohio. ... We think we were very successful in the final weeks. We may have run out of time over anything else" (PBS). CNN's Borger , on McCain changing his campaign strategies to run on experience, then change: "McCain...

McCain's economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin's gaffe: Obama's health care plan better for America

Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008

( photo WT ) McCain's economic adviser makes Obama's case for him and against McCain's bogus 5000 dollar tax credit as his health care plan. Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn't abandon their company-sponsored plans, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior economic policy adviser. "Why would they leave?" said Holtz-Eakin. "What they are getting from their employer is way...

Is Douglas Holtz-Eakin still an economist?

Angry Bear (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008

Via Dr. Black, we get CNN reporting : Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn't abandon their company-sponsored plans, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior economic policy adviser. "Why would they leave?" said Holtz-Eakin. "What they are getting from their employer is way better than what they could get with the credit." And why is it better? Because of the tax credit that...

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Juice The Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008

Doug Holtz-Eakin, explains away concerns that John McCain’s health care plan would cause young and healthy individuals to drop out of group plans: Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn’t abandon their company-sponsored plans, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s senior economic policy adviser. “Why would they leave?” said Holtz-Eakin. “What they are getting from their employer...

Air apparent

Gristmill (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008

By Kate Sheppard McCain senior policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin was on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday talking about the need for the next president to enact "comprehensive policies" to create jobs as well as a "real energy policy." He also took on the recent assertion from Obama's advisers that their candidate would regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, in...

Holtz-Eakin Argues Carbon Dioxide Is Not A Pollutant

Think Progress (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008

Yesterday on CBS’s Face the Nation, top McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin insisted that the next president will have to enact “comprehensive policies” to create jobs. After calling for a “real energy policy,” Holtz-Eakin slammed Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) plan to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant: HOLTZ-EAKIN: And so the question will be: who can [...]

Like Obama, Biden Hits Out at Holtz-Eakin Health Care Comments

Political Radar (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008

“Just this morning, just this morning, we had a refreshing bit of “straight talk” from John McCain’s top economic advisor about John’s health care plan,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee said, referring to comments made by McCain senior economic policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin to CNN. “He said younger workers won’t want to leave their company-sponsored plans because, quote,...

A conversation with Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Red State (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008

Last week I sat down with Doug Holtz-Eakin, John McCain's top economics advisor and talked about the state of the campaign, McCain's plan for homeowners, etc. We've been so busy on the front page, I wanted to hold back on posting this until there was some time so it wouldn't get buried. So, in bullet point form, as we went through a number of topics, here's what Doug has to say: On the economy,...

"Another skinny guy with an even funnier name"

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

Austan Goolsbee, the newly minted staff director of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board, deserves another title: Master of the one-liner . Goolsbee was at the top of his game last September when he squared off against McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz Eakin. Perhaps his best line: saying that Fruit Loops had more details on the side of its box than John McCain did about...

"Another skinny guy with an even funnier name"

TODAY ON VOT3R - Politics STORIES (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

Austan Goolsbee, the newly minted staff director of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board, deserves another title: Master of the one-liner . Goolsbee was at the top of his game last September when he squared off against McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz Eakin. Perhaps his best line: saying...

Former McCain Adviser Admits Bailout Support a Strategic Blunder

BMI Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008

Douglas Holtz-Eakin says backing the taxpayer rescue of business was out-of-character for GOP presidential nominee.

The Truth Too Late

Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008

Finally admitting the obvious : Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a senior policy adviser to McCain's failed campaign, said Nov. 19 that McCain's support for the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector was the "key strategic policy error of the entire campaign." "We also make mistakes," Holtz-Eakin told a group of conservatives at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. "There's no...

Obama's White House is beginning to look a lot like Clinton's

LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008

... the same fights that we had in the 1990s.""There's no question about the talent level," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Congressional Budget Office director and senior policy advisor to Republican Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. "They have a public relations problem in the appearance of not really fulfilling the, quote, 'change' mandate."The Clinton alums began to populate...

• Obama's Clinton-era picks fit the Bill - Chicago Tribune

Remember the Elephant (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 12 November 2008)

WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008

Douglas Holtz-Eakin , chief adviser to John McCain's '08 campaign, assesses the current economic situation, looks back at the Presidential race, and predicts the future of the GOP.