[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

"After 30 years in government, serving under five presidents of both
parties and chairing two non-partisan commissions on the Public
Service, I have been reluctant to engage in political campaigns. The
time has come to overcome that reluctance," Mr. Volcker said in a
statement today. "However, it is not the current turmoil in markets or
the economic uncertainties that have impelled my decision. Rather, it
is the breadth and depth of challenges that face our nation at home
and abroad. Those challenges demand a new leadership and a fresh
approach."

He concluded: "It is only Barack Obama, in his person, in his ideas,
in his ability to understand and to articulate both our needs and our
hopes that provide the potential for strong and fresh leadership. That
leadership must begin here in America but it can also restore needed
confidence in our vision, our strength, and our purposes right around
the world."

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/0...obama-backers/

So someone well-respected in the financial community backs a Dem. How
about that? And the 'liburral' Wall Street Journal quotes him.

Volcker must recognize how poorly the republicans handle money.
They're bankrupting us (and probably pocketing it themselves a la
Cunningham).