By NoQuarter on Sep 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Economy, FDIC, Henry Paulson, Housing Crisis, John McCain, MSM, Republicans, campaign | 233 Comments
Via Memeorandum, and from Newsbusters.org’s Mark Finkelstein:
So much for a "stunt."
John McCain got involved in the bailout negotiations after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Sen. Lindsey Graham yesterday that the bailout plan would fail unless McCain came in and brought balky Republicans aboard. That’s what Bob Schieffer reported on this morning’s Early Show. [...]
By Larry Johnson on Sep 25, 2008 in Chuck Schumer, Current Affairs, Democrats, Economy, FDIC, Franklin Raines, Hank Paulson, Home Loan, Housing Crisis | 178 Comments
I am sitting in Europe watching Barney Frank, Charles Schummer, and Chris Dodd, among others, parade across the screen offering to lead the charge to solve the Wall Street mess. With the effort to assign blame for the meltdown in the mortgage market led by the collapse of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae well [...]
By NancyA on Sep 19, 2008 in Barack Obama, Clinton, Current Affairs, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Democrats, Economy, Employment, FDIC, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Housing Crisis, John McCain, McCain/Palin 2008, National Infrastructure Investment Bank, Obama, Presidential Candidates, Qualifications, Republicans, US Senate, Unemployment | 233 Comments
SusanUnPC’s Note: Even my hardcore Republican relatives fervently wish that Hillary were running against McCain because they know that she could address this crisis while they have no faith — none — that Obama will know what to do or make the right choices. Additionally, Ricki Liebermann’s daily newsletter quotes our friend Alegre at [...]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 4, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, FDIC, Penny Pritzker, Superior Bank | 76 Comments
In a previous post, I referred to Barack Obama’s interesting relationship with Wall street, Bankers and Sub-Prime lenders. I also mentioned Barack Obama’s Finance Chairperson, Penny Pritzker. We all know that Barack Obama hangs out with some interesting people and Penny Pritzker is no exception. I thought you might like to know more about Penny [...]
