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Dems did resist more FM/FM regulations proposed by Clinton *and* Bush because they thought it would make it more difficult for riskier borrowers to own homes - which additional regulation would have.

Of course, those riskier borrowers shouldn't have been even in consideration for loans in the first place.

Unless Hillary plans on running as a Republican isn't he fucking up her 2012 chances?

You know what, this ad is ineffective. The Clinton quote is a yawn. Simply, the ad does not connect. A minute of wasted money if u ask me...

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Uh, yeah, and what about people who are self-employed? They're technically risky, and pay higher interest rates because of it, but there's no objective reason why they should be denied mortgages wholesale.

I have not dismissed Hillary running as a Republican against Obama in 2012. Seriously, they seem to be staging exactly that. Maybe paint Hillary as some sort of "new' Republican which she MAYBE able to do since a loss for the GOP this year will send the Republicans into a tail spin.

@4, Smarter people than you know what is an acceptable level of risk in a borrower. The problem stems in part from lenders not bothering to make basic checks into someone's ability to pay before lending. I'm assuming that the failed regulatory legislation would have required more extensive checks into a potential borrower, among other things.

The government (Dems and Repubs) failed to enact sane limits on who can get a loan from the FMs and now we all must pay for it. Blaming all of the current crisis on the current administration and Republicans in general is missing the fact that deregulation of the financial industry happened long ago and has been supported by both parties.

So, uh, how exactly is he at fault that the McCain campaign hijacked his quote? Besides, there's no way that the average low-information voter is even going to get what Bill is talking about here.

Self employed people need every break they can get.

@5 - Really? You think the right-wing GOP base would ever go for a pro-choice Hillary? Personally, I'd love to see social conservatives left out in the cold with neither party listening to their batshit agenda, but somehow I don't see Clinton emerging as a viable Republican based on independents, fiscal conservatives, and PUMA defectors alone.

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Huh? The reason Bill would want Obama to lose this election is to clear the way for Hillary to get the *Democratic* nomination in 2012. If Obama wins, Hillary doesn't get a shot until 2016.

Her and Lieberman should start their own party. They could call it the "Unpopular Douche Party".

We won't support spine-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November !! Go Hillary 2012 !!

Awww, Clinton's Smarmy! I haven't seen you in days. I thought you'd finally succumbed to a gin and Percoset dirtnap.

as far as i can tell, it is bill doing all the damage, hrc hasn't done any of this. seems to me like bill is just a crazy old resentful fool.. so why trash her?

@14 Because of all the damage she did for the first nine months of 2008.

@15, also there's the part about her being a miserable cunt

@16 - yeah, that Sarah sure is a ...

"At this point, the kindest thing Clinton could do for Obama is to stay at home with his wife until Nov 5th."

He won't, of course. He's already working on getting Hillary set up for 2012. He hasn't given up on the idea of being 'First Laddie' yet. Nor has she given up on the White House.

I've always admired both Clintons as political gut-fighters.

Oh, and if it were true that Hillary is *really* out of the race, why has SLOG not given her an "X" on her face like all the other also-rans in the header, hmmm?