Financial Shakeup this weekend

[emayer]

Alright I'll fess up!

I should say that I am a fiscal conservative and social liberal, thereby putting me in the moderate category.  I voted for GWB on both occasions primarily because I thought he was the better candidate to address security post 9/11 (oops).  Kerry is intellectually superior, but his lack of consistency in his voting record caused me to question his leadership.  To me he smacked of political pandering, wavering in whatever direction the favorable political wind was blowing.

I am most disheartened by the present administration and especially Congressional Republicans in regards to government spending and the overall direction this country is going.  We may harp on the President as being solely responsible for our economic woes etc., but the reality is that he has little direct control- true power lies within Congress.

No question it is time for serious change in D.C.  As I stated earler, I believe the most durable solution would be to have more than two political parties to break the present infighting and deadlock.  Short of this, I find Obama appealing but would like to hear more of the "nuts and bolts" of how he intends to implement changes.