Plus he has this huge pot of money to play with - like a kid in a candy store.
No president in history has ever had a shattering crisis in which to gain cover, and an endless supply of money to do his nefarious deeds.
The only solution to counter, is to go on a full court press to inform and/or educate the general public. Talk, write, email everyone, especially your Congressmen. Stand tall like a Mississippi pine.
Write our congressmembers? They aren’t listening....see TARP, bailouts, stimulous, stem cells, etc., etc., etc.