At "A Dash" we join many others in closely following David Merkel's work on The Aleph Blog, one of our featured sites since its inception.  David covers a variety of interesting subjects.  He is authoritative on some and inquisitive on others, and he knows the difference. Today he cites a Bloomberg article pointing out the failure of candidates to speak out on the credit crisis.  Rich Miller writes as follows: The U.S. is facing the worst financial crisis since the Depression. You would never know that from the Democrats' platform in Denver or its Republican counterpart, or from listening to Barack Obama or John McCain.

While both candidates have bemoaned the ravages of the subprime crisis, they have yet to spell out

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