My favorite choice for Vice President, Chris Cox, had an
excellent column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal,
here. It's actually a bit dry and perhaps too jargony for a
general audience, but it shows his admirable seriousness of
purpose, thoroughness and thoughtfulness. It's about how the SEC
should move forward in its oversight of investment banks in light
of the Bear Stearns mess. I would note that the SEC had no direct
statutory authority over investment banks before, but that it did
its job of protecting the cash of Bear's customers.