“a stunning failure of leadership”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“I’m popular”

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On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
If we had not done the first TARP, we would have faced an outright economic collapse.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Conrad defends the first TARP as necessary to prevent economic disaster.

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