For all the commenters who said the Fannie and Freddie bailout is a fully Republican operation: Open Secrets offers a helpful guide to who in Congress got the most Fannie and Freddie money.

The Headline: Obama is third. Democrats make up the Top 5.

Not that Republicans are immune. They are fully represented on this list.

If you detect a slight cocky swagger in my typing, it's not that I love Republicans and hate Democrats. It's that, after years of covering politicians and economics, I've come to the conclusion that they are all excited to bend their policies to support donors and populist sentiment.

I just don't see any facts that back up the idea that Republicans are qualitatively worse. They're all bad.

My hope is that this site becomes a place that is truly and fully non-partisan. I hope that we engage ideas on their merits and let the chips fall where they may.

Please begin writing your angry letters.

categories: Fannie and Freddie

11:34 - September 10, 2008

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