Reach me another slice of that honeymoon cake, wouldja Barney?

Fri, 12/05/2008 - 12:18am — lambert

"Having lived with this very right wing Republican group that runs the House most of the time, the notion of trying to deal with them as if we could be post-partisan gives me post-partisan depression," Frank said.

Sure, Barney Frank totally shat the bed with the Bush + Reid + Pelosi + Obama + Paulson bill -- to be fair, he had a lot of help -- but he is one heck of a funny guy.

Who knows? Maybe he'll clever up! Stranger things have happened....

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Maybe he's just getting started.

By Iphie on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 12:55pm

He seems to agree with you about Sheila Bair and he's not going along with her demonization at the hands of Geitner, et al

“I think part of the problem now is that, to be honest, Shelia Bair has annoyed the Old Boys Club.” He likened the situation to several regulators “up in the treehouse with a ‘No Girls Allowed’ sign.”

He thinks that she should be given a “broader role in helping to formulate policy on mortgage foreclosures”

He certainly does have his moments though; the best quote:

“I’m a great fan of the president-elect, but I think it’s probably the case that he’s going to have to be more assertive than he’s been,” Frank said, addressing the Consumer Federation of America’s annual financial services conference. “And I know what he says is ‘Well, we only have one president at a time. My problem is, at a time of great crisis and [massive] mortgage foreclosures. ... I am afraid that overstates the number of presidents.”