The new big bleeping deal

[NJmaverick]

"The last time any president did this much in office, booze was illegal. If you believe in policy, if you believe in government that addresses problems, cheers to that".(Rachel Maddow)

In a world where big, tangible progress is appreciated in real time - a president signing two of the most enormous and significant laws in history - in a span of 4 months - would be hailed. But by now, it's pretty clear that in the case of Barack Obama, this sort of a world will exist only in future history books.

Therefore, it was hardly a surprise to see how little attention and almost zero hype attached today's signing of the most comprehensive, sweeping and toughest financial regulation reform since the 1930s - including the strongest consumer financial protection in history.

The same history that one day will make justice with the gigantic achievements of this president - the first African-American president - while facing one of the most vicious hate-machine to ever operate against a sitting president.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/21/124159/589

[vaberella]

1. I like how everyone is liking the effects of financial reform.

Many on DU were bashing this bill to no end for not doing enough and supporting Feinstein's stupidity.

[Ozymanithrax]

2. We live in an all or nothing society...

where Queen defined the only acceptable change.

In our political culture, something is worse than nothing.

"I want it all.
I want it all,
I want it all,
and I want it now."

Queen

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. It's sad, but I agree that history will be much kinder. The atmosphere is so polarized...

right now, and we get to fighting about the most insignficant of things. He said, she said b.s. that sucks all the air out of the room. We get caught up in the day to day minutiae, and lose sight of the bigger picture. ;(