Banking Reform
Having been in the finance industry in several different capacities myself over the years I always look for a specific ability in any individual. That is the ability to clearly and logically explain and define what they are trying to present. I does not have to be all the time, but when it is really needed.
I saw what I think was the best breakdown of the current banking crisis in terms that the non industry person can understend and digest. The individual was able to not only address but explain, much harder than one thinks. That person was Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, a democrat.
I did not agree with all she had to say, but her assesment of firing of certain individuals was dead on. She even made the Lincoln and his generals during the Civil War reference and it was completely the correct analogy.