Posted by Jed Lewison on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 10:37 AM Pacific

Subprime coziness

Links (via HuffPo): McCain story | Clinton story

The Huffington Post perfectly captures the essential feature of a couple of interesting stories with this image.

All three candidates actually have their weaknesses on subprime, but the key non-policy difference between Obama and McCain/Clinton is that the latter are surrounded by people whose financial incentives cloud their policy judgments. In the case of McCain, it results in a radical Hooverism; in the case of Clinton, it means that I don't trust a single promise she makes. The people around her are all tied to corporate interests. Moreover, her husband signed the legislation that McCain's guru helped pass into law.

Obama, on the other hand, is much more of an outsider. He doesn't have top lobbyists running his campaign. He has promised to keep them off his White House staff, and if he keeps that promise, he'll end up with a presidency that is much more responsive to the needs of average Americans than any president in recent history.

Subprime coziness

Links (via HuffPo): McCain story | Clinton story

The Huffington Post perfectly captures the essential feature of a couple of interesting stories with this image.

All three candidates actually have their weaknesses on subprime, but the key non-policy difference between Obama and McCain/Clinton is that the latter are surrounded by people whose financial incentives cloud their policy judgments. In the case of McCain, it results in a radical Hooverism; in the case of Clinton, it means that I don't trust a single promise she makes. The people around her are all tied to corporate interests. Moreover, her husband signed the legislation that McCain's guru helped pass into law.

Obama, on the other hand, is much more of an outsider. He doesn't have top lobbyists running his campaign. He has promised to keep them off his White House staff, and if he keeps that promise, he'll end up with a presidency that is much more responsive to the needs of average Americans than any president in recent history.