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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (423523)10/7/2008 6:21:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1572086
 
JF, I do agree that we need better regulation. But that's wasn't my original point.

Obama and Biden have done a terrific job painting with a broad brush and blaming deregulation in general for this mess. That's not the truth, but it's good enough for "Joe Sixpack and hockey moms" (tm Palin). McCain for the most part has been forced onto the defense, having to answer for his changing views on regulation and deregulation.

Meanwhile, it astounds me that only the minority party in Congress is going to take the fall for this. I don't care if the majority party has only been the majority for two years. That's two years they wasted doing nothing but blame the other side for all of the nation's troubles.

Not only that, but the public seems willing to write a blank check to a Congress that has lower approval ratings than Bush. Now how's that for insanity?

That's why I think McCain has to turn the tables on Obama with regard to the financial crisis. McCain has little to lose anyway, so why shouldn't he fight fire with fire? Point out every instance of a congressional representative opposing reform and accepting the status quo for their own electability. Maxine Waters is an obvious target, but what about Raines and even Dodd himself?

But hey, maybe McCain has more to lose than I thought, which is why he's too afraid of burning the bridges to his colleagues in the Senate?

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