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  • **FILE** The empty parking lot of bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra is seen in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

    California Democratic Party among Solyndra's creditors

    Out of the hundreds of out-of-work employees, vendors, investors and other creditors in the bankruptcy of government-backed solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, one name stands out: the California Democratic Party.

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    Challenger seeks to 'fire Pelosi'

    It's a popular refrain among Republicans throughout the country this year: A vote for me is a vote to fire Nancy Pelosi.

  • President Barack Obama, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, as he announces a new fee on big banks to recover up to $120 billion in taxpayers' money used to prop up corporations during the economic crisis, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    BLANKLEY: Kangaroo court for the banks

    As a general rule, diagnosis should precede treat -ment, but last week, we saw in both the legislative and executive branches examples of the treatment-before-diagnosis" mentality. In Congress, the first hearing of the congressionally created Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was held under the chairmanship of Phil Angelides, former California treasurer and former chairman of the California Democratic Party. The commission was "mandated" by law to report back to Congress by December 2010 "with a series of conclusions about what occurred, and recommendations as to how to avoid future market breakdowns. (Disclosure: I provide professional advice to some financial institutions.)

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