Is Henry Paulson the right person to run a $700 billion bank bailout? In assessing this question USA Today headlined "The Hammer's" history as a football player, as it presented the assessment of his personal friends. It doesn't mention the fact that The Hammer somehow managed to completely overlook an $8 trillion housing bubble and that he minimized the extent of the country's financial problems at every point over the last year and a half. This information might be more relevant to his qualifications for managing the bailout.
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