For those who missed Obama's speech [3]from the heart of the Arizona housing bubble, both first and second iterations, here are the highlights.
Here's Obama telling the middle class he "believes in free markets... and rent control."
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Here's Obama pounding the podium, promising he will crack down on those speculators who just buy up mortgages, driving up prices in the process, with no intention of living in them. Such as the Fed.
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Finally, we're going to need a bigger camera as Obama tells the middle class where home prices are headed.
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Sadly, unlike in previous instances of the "Obama Among The Middle Class" photo op tour [7], the contextual stage was not big enough to fit several McMansions behind the president.