This news falls into the category of ‘you get who you vote for’. Of course I didn’t vote for him, but a number of my friends did.

Under the Bush team a prominent and profitable bank, under threat of a damaging public audit, was forced to accept less than $1 billion of TARP money.

Fast forward to today, and that same bank is begging to give the money back. The chairman offers to write a check, now, with interest. …But the Obama team says no, since unlike the smaller banks that gave their TARP money back, this bank is far more prominent. The bank has also been threatened with “adverse” consequences if its chairman persists. That’s politics talking, not economics.

Read more about Obama’s politicization of the economy here at the WSJ

All of this was expected by those of us who recognized Obama as the Chicago style fascist that he is. And this isn’t the end of it. Given a taste for this this kind of power he will not be able to stop. Look for him to move into healthcare and oil. I see prices at the pump are climbing towards $3 again. I expect to see the administration begin its smear campaign against the oil industry any day now.