"It would be foolish to dismiss as hyperbole the stark warning delivered by Paulette Altmaier of Cupertino, Calif., in a letter to the editor published by The Times last week: "President Obama may not realize it yet, but his Katrina moment has arrived."" - newsjunk.com

I feel like the only way this would be Obama's Katrina moment is if the majority of the public viewed it that way. Given recent poll ratings, I think that to be unlikely. - David Wynn

People who expect an immediate (i.e., 100 days) solution to problems 8, 16, 35, or >100 years in the making (depending on your perspective) are delusional. - Steve Lowe

@steplow: +33. While I wouldn't mind more transparency the scope of the problem is far bigger than most realize. - AJ Kohn

Exactly, and I don't know what I can't stand more: people who are impatient, or those pretending to be impatient for political reasons. - Steve Lowe

People who are impatient might be that way for any number of reasons, and might yet learn (or might even be right). People who pretend to be impatient for political reasons are at best dangerously reckless; more likely pure evil. - David HC Soul

Hey *I disliked/distrusted Obama before he was elected....and I *will, unfortunately, in that, be vindicated, no offense. http://www.youtube.com/watch... and "Moo," Obama took most money from Banks which get the most money....http://friendfeed.com/e... - Marg Uerite

Among American politicians, Barack Obama was the fourth largest recipient of AIG lobbying funds, just before John McCain and just after George W. Bush. Most Barack Obama true believers don't want to hear about it. - Sean McBride

Politicians take money from corporations?!? Stop the press! I am SHOCKED! Lets pass legislation that no politician can accept money. Not from just corporations because "they" certainly have an agenda, but every last one of us has our own agenda. - AJ Kohn

Not "corporations" -- AIG in particular. And the Obama administration has been up to its eyeballs in engineering the AIG bonuses which have rightly stirred up so much anger during the last week. Timothy Geithner played the lead role in pushing the bonuses, and David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel tried to blow off the bonus controversy as an inconsequential matter. - Sean McBride

Lest we forget that the Federal Reserve and the New York Federal Reserve put together how AIG would be run after the bailout. Geithner was the head of the New York Federal Reserve at the time. He has blood on his hands. - MVB (Grinch of FF)

Yes, I'm sure Obama's Administration is buying off the judges on the lawsuit AIG has against the government to get tax money back. Look, if it were up to me we wouldn't have given *any* of these bozos a dime. You want to be pissed, look at the non-TARP money being handed out without *any* transparency. Sorry, but to me you're running down the hallways they want you to run down. - AJ Kohn

AJ -- it's pretty difficult to manipulate Frank Rich and Paul Krugman. And generally I'm fairly hard to herd too. The AIG bonuses are symptomatic and symbolic of a much larger problem, of course. And leading Obama administration officials appear to be part of the problem. That is the main theme of Rich's broadside. - Sean McBride