Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama’s Political Capital

Washington Post by Michael D. Shear, Paul Kane | Mar. 17, 2009 (News Report)

President Obama’s apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG has dealt a sharp blow to his young administration and is threatening to derail both public and congressional support for his ambitious political agenda. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala

See All Reviews »

View

Review

Kenneth Sibbett
3.8
 by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 17, 2009

I understand the anger. But you can't tell me in that whole AIG empire that there was not a few well meaning, honest people that worked their asses off to keep these people solvent. The press has said most of the bad apples are gone. Everybody yell out their windows, get it out of your systems and lets go about fixing this country.

These bonuses, are a pittance compared to what the treasury has paid out. Can you spell trillions?

See All Reviews »

Kenneth's Rating

Overall
3.8

Good
from 12 answers
Quality
3.7
Facts
4.0
Fairness
4.0
Information
4.0
Sourcing
4.0
Style
4.0
Context
3.0
Depth
4.0
Enterprise
3.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
3.0
Credibility
5.0
More How our ratings work »