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Monday, September 22, 2008

McCain on Regulation

We need effective regulation in our financial markets (Shocked, shocked by greed. Boston Globe, September 18, 2007: A10).

John McCain is not the candidate of financial regulation. John McCain never came across a regulation that he liked, except one: the regulation restricting a woman's choice to have an abortion.

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Kerry's Tin Tongue

John Kerry really does have a tin tongue. He characterized thirty one percent of the Democratic voters who voted for his opponent as "mischief makers" (Kerry wins primary decisively, Boston Globe, September 17, 2008: B1, B5).

He is right that we will rally around him in the November election. There is no way we can risk losing a veto-proof majority in the Senate to support the next Democratic president. So Kerry despite his arrogance will return to the Senate.


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Too Big to Fail

The takeover by Bank of America of Merrill Lynch may be the best short term solution (Lehman files for bankruptcy; Merrill is sold, New York Times, September 15, 2008: A1).

In the long term it is unlikely that the cultures of two so very different organizations can be melded into a coherent whole. Even if they are successful, aren't we just building a company that, when the next financial crisis hits, will be "too large to fail."

Sent to New York Times