Obama Fails to Solve Financial Crisis

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Leading up to the break in the presidential campaigns, Barack Obama spoke confidently about his ability to lead the economy; quipping ecclesiastically about the poor leadership of the Bush administration. He had, he claimed, been multi-tasking between the campaign and dealing with the economy by phone with his fellow Democrats. Everybody liked his ideas, his plans, and even John McCain was adopting them. Everything was ok in his view and let’s get on with the campaigning.
The myth fell apart in front of a large assembled crowd of national journalists and cameras yesterday as Democrats and Republicans battled furiously over pork-barrel issues. Democrats were more interested in telling the cameras that they didn’t need John McCain around to solve the problem, but it was clear they were a long way from solving it themselves. Elizabeth Dole stepped briefly in front of cameras to remind people that she and John McCain had previously proposed regulation that would have averted the crisis.