theamericanscene.com - 12/19/2008
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I have been asked the following question: Should those who supported the bailout at the time believe now that it was a mistake? I don’t think so, but I think that there are important lessons we should learn from the past few months that should inform changes going forward.
I think the place ...
politico.com - 12/19/2008
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politico.com —
It would have been a different campaign had
McCain sounded in September like he does today: I...
regret the President’s decision to give away over $17 billion to the domestic automakers. Just last week, the Senate rejected a bailout plan ...
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McCain against the bailout
politico.com - 12/19/2008
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politico.com —
Mike Allen has the details: President Bush is
announcing a $17.4 billion bailout for auto manufacturers, with...
the loans contingent on the firms proving that they can become "viable" ongoing firms. Of the total, $13.4 billion will be ...
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Bailout!
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 12/18/2008
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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com —
Naturally, the day that I suggested that conservatives
have intermixed evasion and silence on the interrogation issue...
was the day that National Review published an editorial on the subject - blasting the Levin-McCain report , and offering a more ...
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Thinking About Torture (III)
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Another Bank Bailout?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Manzi sums up where we are at: The bailout appears likely to have helped stave off the immediate emergency we faced less than three months ago. It is very unclear how relatively fragile the credit situation is today versus September and October. While interest rate spreads have declined, it may be that Treasury knows of or suspects specific hidden weaknesses like credit default swaps that might put us right back to four-alarm-fire mode any moment. The endless stream of huge bailout requests has come on
more quickly than I ...
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