The American public, tired of war and economically insecure, longs for a leader who will tell the truth and offer a way out of the current morass.
Mr. Tsvangirai said that his party was ready for unconditional talks with the ruling Zanu-PF but that a new election was the only way out of the current morass.
To work our way out of the current morass, it will be necessary to relax the mark-to-market rules for banks on valuing the assets that need to be taken off of their balance sheets.
At one point, Felix describes nationalization as "elegantly" putting an end to the current morass, while at another he describes it as "messy".
On health care, for instance, most Washington Democrats will, as a matter of both habit and perspective, talk about the moral imperative of covering workers and the uninsured — and only then might they add, as an afterthought, that the current morass is an impediment to business too.
That, coupled with growing disillusionment with the governing authorities and a desire to try just about anything to escape the current morass, seems to be reshaping the political dynamic here.
But they certainly won't get it from Sen. John McCain whose brew of tax cuts for those who can afford it, more competition by insurers who only compete by who can cut the most costs by denying claims,, and deregulation, will simply perpetuate the current morass.
In the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll, a clear majority of Americans, 58 percent, blamed either Mr. Bush or financial institutions for the current economic morass, compared with only 5 percent who blamed Mr. Obama.
In particular, a fraud accusation could cause an exodus of the employees best equipped to dig the institutions out of their current morass, people close to the talks said.
