http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14550/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/media-go-easy-obama-he-reinvents-extends-tarp-weeks-midterm-elections <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >When Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson retooled the $700 billion bailout known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008, the news networks found outrage.</p> <br /> <p >In 2008, reports attacked Paulson, stacking “angry House Democrats” against him on CBS “Evening News” and “World News” Nov. 18.  In one case, a Democratic politician called it a “bait-and-switch” second only to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place> war.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/media-go-easy-obama-he-reinvents-extends-tarp-weeks-midterm-elections" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Bailout baitandswitch CharlesGibson democraticmajority HankPaulson jobs JohnThune LarryKudlow Mikepence MittRomney neilking obama SavannahGuthrie TARP TheStreet.com unemployment WallStreetJournal Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:26:05 +0000 admin 26475 at http://archive2.mrc.org