Can we find out if they were Republicans?
It wouldn't be strange if a lot of them were Democrats, Fannie was after all, one of FDR's creations
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I imagine that all of the FDR appointees have retired by now. Anyone that was 25 in 1945 would be 88 or 89 by now.
I would imagine that you could, with some effort, discover the political orientation of the current heads of Freddy Mac and Fannie Mae.
Of course, people often do not base their decisions on their political orientation alone. It is safe to say that neither of these was well-run, or they would not have been left holding the bag as they are now.
Both McCain and Obama said they supported the government takeover with some caveats, which is about the only thing either could say at this point. The situation could have been avoided by better control during the Juniorbush years. That is pretty clear.
This, of course means BIGGER GOVERNMENT. There is no chance that Obama or McCain have any chance of making the government smaller.
It grew under Reagan, it grew under Olebush, it grew immensely under Juniorbush. The growth rate was smaller under Jimmy Carter, when he instigated Zero-based budgeting, and grew somewhat less slowly under Clinton, who shrunk the Defense Dept.
Taking over failing organizations is called lemon socialism: the government gets the business, sort of, and then the public really gets the business, as in the obligation to rescue the business.
The Chrysler bailout seems to have been the most successful bailout to date.