"... the Bush administration's eight long years of failed deregulation policies."  Nancy Pelosi."... excessive deregulation is at the root of the current crisis."  George Soros."... these Bush hypocrites, who spewed for years the glory of unfettered Wild West laissez-faire jungle capitalism."  Nouriel Roubini."... the victim of decades of Republican deregulatory and anti-tax policies."  The New York Times."... atrocious economic policies of the Bush administration... deregulation and . . . a withdrawal of supervision of Wall Street."  President Jimmy Carter."The biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."  Barack Obama.Source:  Jeff Jacoby, 2008."Republicans in power previously for eight years deregulated banks, and that was a contributory factor."  David Letterman, 2010.(Read Full Post)