Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose DealBook column today I discussed earlier, was on Hardball this evening, opposite Pat Buchanan.
I’m really not quite sure what just happened, but I think I sat here — for the most part — agreeing with Pat. His argument was that others have had to take a hit in this economy, so why shouldn’t the very people who caused some of the significant problems of this crisis.
Sorkin and Buchanan on Hardball today.
I also was glad to hear Buchanan call out the idea, defended by Sorkin, that these are “the best and the brightest,” as AIG CEO Liddy argued in his letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner. The best argument, advanced by Sorkin, is that no one really wants to work for AIG right now — but Buchanan is right that it probably shouldn’t take a $3 million bonus to be able to find someone to help “wind down” the Financial Products division, as Liddy apparently intends to do.
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