was Obama's fourth point. That is what has been sadly missing from everything the SEC, Federal Reserve, Secretary of the Treasury, and President Bush have had to say. Yet this is a key factor which I have pointed out several times here in RaisingKaine: capital flows readily and instantly around the world; it is beyond the power of any nation state (even the American) to regulate. It is only through international compacts that we can get a grip on the unbridled arrogance of international capitalists and their capital. Until we do, we will only face ever largers category 5-plus hurricanes in the financial sector.

This was not only a presidential presentation, but a well-articulated statement of where we should go from here.  It had the right balance of reassurance AND the point that the bailout isn't just going to be for our rapacious financial overlords and their wallets.  He makes clear that there must be protections in place for the average American.

Now, if only we can get idiots like Joe Scarborough and other morning yap-trappers to actually play this whole thing and let it sink in to the American public that the solution lies with the wonky intellectual, not with the temperamental fighter jock and his obnoxious running mate.

station and demand they run the whole thing. When they say they don't have the time, or they'd have to run McCain's whole thing, too, remind them they already did that. Fair and balanced, for heaven's sake.