Dibuka Kelas Drum

Feb05 Senate race aside, Im not so sure much really chegans apart from the loss of healthcare reform (for now). Its silly to argue that Obama has been governing from the left: if anything, hes gone the route that most center and center-right presidents would have gone in an economic collapse: first and foremost, save the banks. Was this the right decision? Eh, probably, but it certainly was the safe one (i.e., the one that banks and business wanted). The irony is that the extreme right Tea Partiers use the same anti-bailout language as the extreme left. Some part of me wishes the bailouts never occurred, the banks collapsed, bazillions more jobs were lost, nest eggs were obliterated, and everyone could then realize just how much hinged on the bailouts. One grand (and ugly) system reset. Curiously, its possible things would turn out better in the long run, but not for the reasons the Tea Partiers and other anti-bailouters think.