"My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks" -- Barack Obama, meeting with the CEOs of the nation's 13 largest banks, Mar. 27, 2009 Today, the only thing between the President and members of Congress and the Obama's metaphorical pitchforks is the restraint and good character of the American people. We're upset. A wave of populist resentment is growing. Start with the $700 billion bailout of the banking industry last October, featuring the hysterical shrieking of the Secretary of the Treasury. Former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson's hysterical behavior caused the bottom to fall out of the...