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...investors or for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who according to inside reports had been advocating for a recapitalization for months. Money flowed out of the stock market, including that of many large hedge funds. Some $2 trillion in market value disappeared in a week. "It was tunnel vision," says Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus, ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services. At a meeting at the White House on Sept. 25, Bachus says, he and others brought up the need for alternative approaches. "The President said, 'Paulson wants to do it. He's the guy. Whatever he says...
Smith: Except, in a public-policy sense, you could argue the success of the Clinton presidency stemmed from his ability to adapt rather brilliantly to the hostile climate created by a Republican Congress...
Last week, at a meeting on the Republican campaign trail, a white woman in the audience voiced her concerns about Obama. “I have read about him,” she explaining, pointing out that “he’s an Arab.” Though McCain was quick to correct her, his response was curious: “No, ma’am, he’s a decent family man and citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with over fundamental issues.” Somehow, “family man?...
...Americans feel very comfortable in his presence, but to a very great extent, his fate - like this election - was out of his control. This is simply not a good year to say, "Joe, take care of your health care yourself." It seems an impossible year for McCain's Reagan Republican philosophy...
...McCain entered the third debate with Obama a chastened man. Half the Republican savants seemed to have given up on him; the other half were offering bad advice. Worse, he seemed to have realized - finally - the permanent threat to his reputation that his campaign had become. The moment of truth may have occurred at an Oct. 6 rally. "Who is the real Barack Obama?" McCain asked. "A terrorist!" a man bellowed. McCain seemed to wince, roll his eyes, retreat. He didn't admonish the man, but the incident was unsettling, and several days later, at a town-hall meeting...