Remember that a vote for TARP was a vote to buy up the toxic assets that were created by bad govt. policy in the first place. He wasn’t voting to take over companies and if that was the case I don’t think it ever would have passed. I still think he was wrong but you gotta remember the context.
Obama later decided unilaterally that he could use the TARP money for whatever he damn well pleased.
I’m with you on the bailout vote but his overall economic philosophy seems to be sound to me.
I watched his speech yesterday . Felt like I was watching a Hollywood actor . Can’t quite put my finger on it , but to me there was something phony about his delivery .