, Clinton wanted to attack the financial underpinnings of the al-Qaeda network by banning American companies and individuals from dealing with foreign banks and financial institutions that al-Qaeda was using for its money-laundering operations. Texas Senator Phil Gramm, chairman of the Banking Committee, gutted the portions of Clinton's bill dealing with this matter, calling them "totalitarian."
    In fact, Gramm was compelled to kill the bill because his most devoted patrons, the Enron Corporation and its criminal executives in Houston, were using those same terrorist financial networks to launder their own dirty money and rip off the Enron stockholders. It should also be noted that Gramm's wife, Wendy, sat on the Enron Board of Directors.

"I don't believe we're headed into a recession," he said, "I believe the fundamentals of this economy are strong and I believe they will remain strong."

In April McCain said "a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological."

So how is this different than what Gramm said.  

We have sort of become a nation of whiners," he said. "You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline" despite a major export boom that is the primary reason that growth continues in the economy, he said.

"We've never been more dominant; we've never had more natural advantages than we have today," he said. "We have benefited greatly" from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.

I imagine this won't happen again.

given sen. obama's recent bouncing around, like a pinball on crack, i anticipate something very much like it will happen again.

at this point, i'd appreciate seeing the hobgoblin of a boring consistency from sen. obama. if he's going to change his position on something, fine, at least have the smarts to state that he's done so after receipt of new/additional information, or a more careful re-analysis of existing data.

I mean, this is the response from Obama's mouth?  "Well, you know, America already has one Dr. Phil. When it comes to the economy, we don't need another."