>>>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/28/obama-affinity-marxists-dates-college-days/
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>>They're subtle over there at Fox News, aren't they? You click to a story about Barack Obama and there's a big picture of Karl Marx staring you in the face. It did make me laugh so I can't complain too much.
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>>In terms of real news, I see housing prices have declined for a 25th straight month. I guess I'm fortunate to live in the Chicago area -- home prices are only down 9.8% here, vs. 25-30% in L.A., San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Miami. And unlike the stock market drop, nobody is saying we are at the bottom yet. This seems a little more important to me and ordinary Americans than Barack Obama using the word "Marxist" in a sentence when he was in college.
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>We lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs (not unusual - it's been happening every year). However, we will have 45,000 moving here during the next few years (base realignment) so our area is one of the few with home prices staying the same or actually increasing. However, we do have foreclosures for some of those folks with ARMS. Foreclosures were up 25% compared to last year. Those foreclosured homes are snatched up quickly though. There is not an abundance of available housing here.
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>I don't understand how Charlotte managed only a 2.8% decline in home prices.

I believe that was the best of the metro areas listed.