Obama's willingness to lose the elections in order to push through his radical health care reform package demonstrated his commitment to implementing his policies at all costs.
And that will be part of a broad package that reflects his commitment to grow the economy now and to build a foundation for economic growth for the future to ensure that we win the future.
The Argentine government and the Fund are close to a state of open warfare: as the IMF continues to insist that any rescue package for the country depends on commitment to urgent reform, the Argentine finance minister on September 24th threatened to default on the country's debt to the Fund.