It may be that Bryant peaked a bit early, and that Alexander is coasting in for a double-digit victory. In fact, the GOP Gov race between Henry and Hilleary is going to be closer than expected. Being behind and near political extinction brings out the best laughs. Bryant the populist, who would have thunk he had it in him?!?
Alexander, he said, preferred less stringent regulations against corporate executives, such as those at Enron and WorldCom, who might try to commit multimillion-dollar frauds against shareholders and employees.
''It's no longer good enough just to put these people in jail,'' Bryant said. The aim should be to prevent such frauds from taking place again, he said. He told the room that Alexander said earlier this summer that the markets and existing laws would largely take care of any wrongdoing.
That's not enough, Bryant said.
''We Republicans do believe in some regulation,'' Bryant said. Among the voters, the corporate accountability issue ''is foaming, brewing out there.''
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 07/31/2002 06:04 PM PST
