Is there anyone outside of the Bush clan who would actually admit to trusting the president if he can make a statement insisting that the government's role in effectively nationalizing the banks will be "limited and temporary?"
Even if the government's role could be limited, the repercussions of such actions will be devastating and felt for many years to come, as explained today by the brilliant Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron.
I suppose Bush could actually believe his totalitarian intervention in the economy could be short-lived, but I'm not inclined to give this notion even a second of consideration. After all, no government intervenes in eveyday affairs in such influential and tyrannical ways because it believes it shouldn't forever control the events of the day.