AIG Bonuses Raise Questions About Obama’s Leadership

By David Winston
Roll Call Contributing Writer

March 24, 2009, 12 a.m.

Last Thursday, as the American International Group scandal exploded in Washington, Congressional Democrats and Team Obama, panicked by live cable coverage, provided one of the most surreal moments in recent political memory. It was a perfect storm of political posturing.

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