11-06-2012, 02:33 AM
I agree with you the Bush/Paulsen/Bernake response was a good one and I certainly give Bush a lot of credit for breaking with conservative ideology at that point, and at very least getting out of the way. Hell, anyone who knew anything about what was going on was scared to death. That was about the last time we had any consensus in Congress on anything more important than naming a new post office.
Not that I'm a partisan ;-), but the fact that Obama kept pretty much that same economic advisory team intact to see the policy through was a very wise move. Not too many Dems liked Larry Summers (understatement). In the end it seems at least in this case the idea that the guys most involved in making the mess were the guys best suited to cleaning it up was the right one.
Am I better off than I was four years ago? Hell yes. I am just hoping to be feeling even better this time Wednesday.
Not that I'm a partisan ;-), but the fact that Obama kept pretty much that same economic advisory team intact to see the policy through was a very wise move. Not too many Dems liked Larry Summers (understatement). In the end it seems at least in this case the idea that the guys most involved in making the mess were the guys best suited to cleaning it up was the right one.
Am I better off than I was four years ago? Hell yes. I am just hoping to be feeling even better this time Wednesday.