[anymouse]

Jim Leach has an appropriate sir name. A quisling R.I.N.O. turncoat, who enabled this mess.

[Thebaddog]

I thought that Leach officially change to Democrat. I never had any confidence in that mope.

[mlocher]

Obama is not going to attend? He can’t even vote “present” on this one!

[Nathan Zachary]

"First, the obvious: he's a Republican who led the Republicans for Obama effort during the presidential campaign. By calling on Leach, who had a long career in the House as a liberal GOPer, Obama can show he does believe in bipartisanship."

In his dreams. Leach doesn't represent 'bipartisanship' He represents traitor turncoat backstabber. He's as good as kicked out of the party.

[EagleUSA]

You asked for it, liberals. Now you have it.....

[Nathan Zachary]

"Since the current Wall Street collapse began, policy wonks have debated whether this 1999 law led to the present troubles."

Better look back a little further, then debate. Try 1977 When the CRA was created during the Carter administration BY DEMOCRATS

[IOWAfan]

Leach is both a curious and obvious choice. First, the obvious: he’s a Republican who led the Republicans for Obama effort during the presidential campaign. By calling on Leach, who had a long career in the House as a liberal GOPer, Obama can show he does believe in bipartisanship. Now the curious: during part of his stint in Congress, Leach chaired the House banking committee and shared responsibility for passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation, which broke down the wall between commercial banks and investment banking.

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only a Democrat would call Leach a Republican any more.

it was HORRIBLE watching him twitter across the 2nd congressional district in support of Obaman and PacMan Loebsack.

[Cicero]

Gosh, I didn’t know that Maddy Albright was a financial genius. This writer doesn’t seem to have much to say about her. Is that because he approves?