Bye, Bye Chris Dodd

[loweyecue]

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Obama Promises All-Out Battle to Impose New Tax on Major Banks

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama defended his plan to “collect every dime” of taxpayer bailout money from as many as 50 major financial institutions and promised enactment of legislation to crack down on practices that led to the financial crisis...

...Republicans called the levy a politically motivated proposal that aimed at an unpopular industry that would end up hurting most citizens.

“It’s nothing more than another tax on the American public,” Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said...

Politics is politics. If the Democrats cannot figure out how to tar the Republican machine with the reputation as supporters of a dishonest, uncaring and greed-filled banking system that has cost Americans their jobs and homes, then they are more incompetent that I imagined. The Republicans are making it easy for the Orator in Chief to take the advantage, but so far he's proved far too tentative and conciliatory - and so has his Party.

Exactly right!

[TheServant]

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That was my first thought. Which TBTF bank will he be working for next year?

This blurb sums up the start of his interview process nicely IMO.

[TheServant]

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Whoops. Sorry for the repeat post below GRG55.

[tsetsefly]

Re: Bye, Bye Chris Dodd

I would love to see a FBI investigation on Dodd, there is no way in hell he has a "clean" record. There was no one in senate yelling "everything is fine" louder than this sob, when things where beginning to unravel. Worst of all is that he received so little criticism afterwards for his cover up job. The media just gave him a free pass...