>Instead, the entire process stunk - up to and including Bush hiring the Democrat Paulson from Goldman Sachs to be Secretary of the Treasury, who later pushed for TARP - and then twisted the very nature of the program after it was passed.<
I absolutely agree with you on this.
In attending a political luncheon last week, I heard a conservative warn about getting tied into supporting one candidate this early, since events are still very fluid. He went on to suggest that voters look at a candidate’s actions as opposed to what they say.
I think that speaker gave very good advice.
Yep. It's hard work, and the media won't do it. It's hard work because understanding is always at the level of "detail."
Picking an example from the Gardasil debate, here: the opt-out for the HPV vaccine was the same one used to opt out of chicken pox, hepatitis, mumps, measles, etc. It requires swearing that one has a conscientious objection to vaccine. It is true that Perry made it easier to get the form that contains a suitable affidavit; but the expectation was (had to be) that a critical mass of the population (about 70%) would be inoculated.