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the best policyBest Policy, TheMaking government work better.1NA=1154&NC=1185&DI=4098&PS=58272&PI=7315BestPolicyfalsefalsespacernotembeddedthe best policyHow Obama Can Bounce BackEliot SpitzerfalseHe needs to show Americans how health care reform, Wall Street reform, and the stimulus are connected.noHow Obama Can Bounce BackObama needs to show Americans how health care reform, Wall Street reform, and the stimulus are connected.noThe most important elections of last week took place not in Virginia or New Jersey or even in New York's 23rd congressional district, but in Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland counties, New York suburbs voting for county executive. These are three prosperous suburbs of NYC that voted solidly Democratic recently in almost all races but are actually dominated by independent, nonideological voters. In Westchester and Nassau, incumbent Democrats who were expected to coast to victory were either thrown out—Andy Spano lost in Westchester by 14 percent—or are hanging on—Tom Suozzi of Nassau is in a dead heat with 8,000 paper ballots to be counted. Yet in Rockland County, Republican incumbent C. Scott Vanderhoef coasted to an eight-point win over a well-liked challenger.truenotochyperlinkno200911960008PMMondayNovNovember1811/9/2009 11:00:08 PM633933864080000000200911960008PMMondayNovNovember1811/9/2009 11:00:08 PM633933864080000000the best policyCommission ImpossibleEliot SpitzerfalseHow the Angelides Commission can crack open the Wall Street scandal—if it dares.noCommission ImpossibleHow the Angelides Commission can crack open the Wall Street scandal—if it dares.noCommissions are often created to defer tough decisions; to forge a consensus around a hard solution to a genuine problem; and, rarely, actually to delve into underlying facts. The Angelides commission, officially chartered by Congress this summer as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, has the chance to be that third kind of commission, gathering the missing empirical data on fundamental questions that can guide future decision-making.truenotochyperlinkno20091027122412PMTuesdayOctOctober1210/27/2009 4:24:12 PM63392243052000000020091027122412PMTuesdayOctOctober1210/27/2009 4:24:12 PM633922430520000000the best policyChamber of HorrorsEliot SpitzerfalseThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce must be stopped. Here's how to do it.noChamber of HorrorsThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce must be stopped. Here's how to do it.noThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce—the self-proclaimed voice of business in Washington—has been wrong on virtually every major public-policy issue of the past decade: financial deregulation, tax and fiscal policy, global warming and environmental enforcement, consumer protection, health care reform …truenotochyperlinkno2009101415932PMWednesdayOctOctober1310/14/2009 5:59:32 PM6339112557200000002009101512345AMThursdayOctOctober110/15/2009 5:23:45 AM633911666250000000the best policyBreak the BanksEliot SpitzerfalseWhy don't any of the Obama administration's financial reforms help middle-class Americans?noBreak the BanksNone of the Obama administration's banking reforms help middle-class Americans.noThe Obama administration, which has spent much of the past year bailing out banks and protecting the markets, has done shockingly little to help the middle class that has borne the brunt of the financial meltdown. Two acts are particularly revealing. First, the administration failed to go to the mat to give judges the power to reform mortgages in the bankruptcy context. The administration barely winced as the Senate caved to the banks on this critical issue, risking no political capital to protect one of the few reforms that could have totally transformed the mortgage crisis. As the foreclosure wave continues, and as adjustable-rate mortgages hit reset points that are going to cause havoc for millions of additional families, this failure of political leadership by the administration stands as one of the early warning signs that things were amiss.truenotochyperlinkno2009101112920AMThursdayOctOctober1110/1/2009 3:29:20 PM6338999336000000002009101112920AMThursdayOctOctober1110/1/2009 3:29:20 PM633899933600000000the best policyNine Questions for Ben BernankeEliot SpitzerfalseHe'd better answer them before the Senate confirms him to another term as Fed chairman.noNine Questions for Ben BernankeBen Bernanke needs to answer these nine questions before the Senate confirms him to another Fed term.noThe one-year anniversary of the end of the financial world as we knew it has come and gone.  Yet, quite remarkably, the financial world as we knew it is still here—absent a few laggard investment banks and several million jobs.truenotochyperlinkno2009918111815AMFridaySepSeptember119/18/2009 3:18:15 PM6338886949500000002009918111815AMFridaySepSeptember119/18/2009 3:18:15 PM633888694950000000200311442546PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:46 PM631781583460000000200311442546PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:25:46 PM631781583460000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM631390436830000000200181561046PMWednesdayAugAugust188/15/2001 10:10:46 PM631334958460000000