Elections Have Consequences.

Actually, I Have Been Very Supportive Of A Very Robust Stimulus Package From Day One. I Think This Economy Has To Have A Major Stimulus Initiative Because The Only Group With Liquidity Is The Federal Government.

Most People Get Their Politics, Obviously, From Tv Shows About Senators Or Movies About Them Or... All The Day-to-day Press And The Talk Shows.

We Invaded Iraq To Change A Totalitarian, Despotic Regime, And We Have Been Successful There.

This Nation Is On A Course Where If We Don't Do Something About It, Get Federal Situation, The Fiscal Policy [under Control], We're Greece. We're A Banana Republic. Our Status As A Nation Is Threatened By What We’ve Got Coming At Us In The Area Of Deficit And Debt. And It’s Only A Few More Years, At The Most, That We Have To Work With Here Before The Market Says, ‘sorry, Your Currency Is Something We Can Not Continue To Defend.’

Whether Or Not You Have Good Consumer Protection Has A Big Effect On Safety And Soundness Of The Banking Community, Especially Smaller Banks.