Kevin Hassett Quotations

Pork is the inevitable feature of the democratic process.

On Sept. 10, there was a strong chance we'd dodge a recession as historically defined. One reason we had dodged a recession was remarkably timely Fed policy. Fed policy has as much chance to work as it ever has.

Bush's political opponents will have ammunition, but I don't think it will really resonate with voters because the economy is doing pretty well.

I think it is very dangerous to enter a new world in which every purchase of an American asset by a foreign entity is scrutinized by the government.

I think it's the only way it works politically,

People judge you on whether you won or lost the last game. I think that's why he will play small ball in the coming year.

There's not really likely to be market panic around the nomination,

The risk is that the alpha dog (Greenspan) is gone and the pack is going to start squabbling.

It sounds like Senator Kennedy is echoing President Bush's State of the Union message.

It will be very important for him to do (that) big public visible speech right after he gets there to let everybody know there's a new sheriff in town, he's got a nice pistol with a lot of ammunition in it, and don't mess with him.

Clearly, the administration's favored approach has one and only one attraction. In one year, the tax rate makes it all the way to zero, and hence political operatives can craft speeches about the end of the double tax of dividends.

The economy's going to be doing well enough that Bush is going to have a big advantage.