Month April 2007

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s flimsy denial

DiFi is feeling the heat for being chair of a subcommittee that voted billions of dollars in funding to her husband’s companies. Breaking silence on the issue, she is now calling such allegations “nonsense,” yet it’s her denial that is…

The Subprime Tsunami Awards

My favorite: Best Subprime Couple: Maria Bartiromo of CNBC and Angelo Mozilo, chief executive of subprime mortgage giant Countrywide Financial. On March 13th, Bartzilo canoodled on Closing Bell. Maria looked soulful as Angelo bemoaned the liquidity crisis that will result…

Democratic vertebrae sighting?

Sen. Reid has endorsed a March, 2008 deadline to withdraw troops and end most spending in Iraq. Sounds great, right? Maybe not. Reid spokesman Jim Manley said the Democratic leader does not expect the bill to become the official position…