After the vote.The sound bites sound bite n. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "The box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites" were bitten bit·ten v. A past participle of bite. bitten Verb the past participle of bite , the spin doctors had spun. Finally, the ballots were cast and President Bush was elected to a second term. Voters made their decisions on the basis of their feelings about the war in Iraq, the threat of terrorism, proposals to ban gay marriages--and sometimes even the economy. So the Business Journal asks: Are you encouraged or discouraged by the outcome of the 2004 presidential election? Marina Rossi Acquisitions Director NewMark Merrill Cos. Encouraged. We need to stay a course, and I think it would have shown a lot of instability and perhaps affected our economy if there was a change. The economy is actually doing pretty well. I just got done touring the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. area with a national grocer looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. expansion. To see the number of new homes being built and the prices they're getting--somebody's doing well. I hope we resolve the situation in Iraq and that will just strengthen the economy further. People are spending money, and that's what we need. Stuart Sender President Balcony Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant Films Inc. People clearly voted against their economic interests because this particular brand of Republicanism appeals to something they call their values. Those of us on the coasts, I think we really have to reckon with to settle accounts or claims with; - used literally or figuratively. to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job s>. See also: Reckon Reckon Reckon that. This values thing is fierce. The Democratic Party is failing to reach, on a fundamental level, the very people that it's set up to help: farmers, working people. They voted for the guy who sounded more hawkish on the war. They voted for the gay marriage bans, which seem to have been a tipping point The point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. See network effect. See also tip and ring. for this election. The Republican Party has seemed to tap into something deeper. Kelly Strader Professor of Law Southwestern Law School Southwestern Law School (formerly known as Southwestern University School of Law) is a private ABA-accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California, with about 1,000 students on a campus that includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art deco landmark. Discouraged. I'm concerned about the appointments to the courts, in particular the Supreme Court. I suspect the president will get at least two appointments, maybe three, and I'm afraid that any voice of moderation on the court will be lost. There are a number of issues concerning the criminal justice system and defendants' rights that will be before the court and I'm afraid we're going to lose our voices who are concerned about protecting those rights. It concerns me that power has become so concentrated in Washington that one wing of one political party now seems to be in charge of the federal government. That doesn't sound like a balanced system of government to me. Cynthia Keeffe Architect SmithGroup I am encouraged by the amount of dialogue and involvement and the increased voter participation that this election generated. That's basically my feeling: that this election more than any other people really cared about. And I think that's good. Tom Sprague President Sprague & Associates I'm definitely encouraged. I think it will help small business particularly. I just think there will be better tax breaks. And the stock market seemed to agree with his re-election. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if there's a one-to-one correlation between Bush staying in office and our business doing well, but I think overall business does better under a Republican administration. Greg Firlotte Advertising and Marketing Director Phyllis Morris Furniture We have to examine how we vote, and maybe consider new ways of voting--meaning the actually physical act of voting so that either party doesn't feel like they've been cheated. I think that sentiment is what makes people upset the most--that they feel they've been cheated. It could be standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. . |
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