Don't Govern Angry!

"But I also know that in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger, or yield to the politics of the moment." President Obama, Address to Congress

In fairness, the President said this in reference to public anger at the prospect of bailing out the banks.

But he saw fit to speak to this, not after Maxine Waters shrieked at the banks' CEOs or Rep. Capuano called for their imprisonment, and not after weeks of general pillorying of Wall Street, but after people began protesting at paying the mortgages of people who overextended themselves.