book on the brink. ironically from your i d logic perspective, you didn t think you were going to be the architect. christine, you said it better than i have. in the president s state of the union address captured the mood of the country when he said republicans hate these, democrats hate them, and let me tell you, i hated them. but they were much better than the alternative. and you know what? they worked because we needed working with imperfect tools and authorities, we were able to cobble together enough to prevent the system from collapsing and avoid disaster. you know, you mentioned the president in the state of the union. he said we hate them like you hate a root canal. i said this to tim guide never. i said that means henry paulson,