There were a lot of good reactions to yesterday’s post about candidates for federal office with responsibility for at least part of the financial crisis.
We listed House members and Senators who either voted for, or didn’t object to, a law freeing up financial services firms to offer these wagers known as “financial derivatives” [...]
If you think Washington politics is restricted to the debates among politicians, think again.
Politics pervades everything. Washington is a gurgling swamp of people grasping for power and pursuing their varied interests. People don’t just get together and agree on the best policies for the country and move forward with them.
A comment [...]
When Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) was announced as Senator Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, I did a quick scan here of his legislative priorities in the current Congress. Now, for the start of the Republican convention, here’s one on Senator John McCain (R-AZ).
(We’ll look at Barack Obama in a week. Without [...]