Hi, Phyllis, thanks for your comments and let me give you some more links to read about this topic. There’s fairly universal agreement that Sheila Bair has been a rock star in defending Main Street versus Wall Street in the bailouts…and has been very tough in dealing with the banks. Even the Democrats in Congress love her, and she’s a Republican. And because of her hewing more to the interests of the consumer than the banks, she’s made some enemies among the PTB among the Masters of Universe on Wall Street. And there’s no bigger Wall Street player than the New York Fed, where Geithner has been the Chairman. If Obama wants to keep a woman around who has fearlessly told truth to power, Sheila certainly falls into that category. From Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/1… Jim Cramer on Blogginstocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/04/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-we-nee… Wonkette http://wonkette.com/404728/catfight-geithner-doesnt-like-bair

Hi, Ladies…your trusty editor here…thanks for your kind remarks on this list…and I just wanted you to know that we were working feverishly on BOTH lists, and the “Fashionista” story that we launched yesterday was simply finished first. As Joni said, we have literally hundreds of thousands of readers (thankfully, the site is growing like mad, and remember, not everyone comments like you ladies so graciously do) of all stripes, and our job is to balance the interests of everyone. Personally, I’m all for the puppy, but husband will divorce me if one more dog comes in the front door! (Although that Anya Hindmarch bag is calling me to get in the car and drive over to the local Tar-jay this weekend.) Deborah

Hi, Jim…just jumping in here…we got Tom’s answers just this evening…just a quick read, and I can tell you they’re very insightful.  Also, Julia Reed separately just interviewed him…and we’ll be putting up both stories very soon.  I now return you to the rest of the Presidential Debate, lol!

Duchess is not around, but I am! And sorry I somehow also deleted JMK’s comment, it must be because it was part of that other person’s thread. Thanks for the heads’ up, wowOwowers!

Hi, everyone, it’s your friendly neighborhood forum moderator here. I’ll be here for the evening. Wow…165 posts…and the debate doesn’t start for a half-hour (my time stamps are often off, so I’m writing this at 8:28 EST). They say this will be the most-watched Veep debate ever.

Hi, everyone…Lesley has signed off…but I wanted to thank you all so much for joining us tonight…and for being, as always, the smartest commenters on the Internet. Of course, feel free to continue your conversation…we always read every word… Interesting times, aren’t they?

Hi, just to answer your question, we typically post within this thread.  So glad you will be with us!

Sorry this is a bit last minute, but we didn’t want to leave our wonderful wowOwowers without a place to weigh in on the Sarah Palin Interview. Hope this catches some of you…

45 years after “I have a dream.” God Bless America

Hi…wowOwow staff here…several of you mentioned you had missed Dennis Kucinich’s speech (it was on very early). We’ve embedded it for you as an update in the main part of this post, above, for those of you interested. And welcome to the wowOwow DNC Forum!