For rivals, finance crisis poses on-the-fly tests

Seeded on Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:56 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

The financial crisis has turned the race between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency.

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First head set to roll over $2B in losses at Chase
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- Dimon should resign. Since he's the head of the bank, the buck should stop with him. He's an egotistical blowhard, who proves the case for stricter regulations on the financial sector, which Dimon so vociferously fought against.
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Fri May 4, 2012
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Fri May 4, 2012
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