TCI, a system run as a sideline by Mr Hindery and controlled by John Malone, a famously tough strong-arm.

ECONOMIST: Business deals

In the view of Peter Larmour, a specialist on the Pacific islands at the Australian National University in Canberra, corruption is better tackled by reducing institutional opportunities for it, rather than by dictatorial moral crusades from a strong-arm regime that sets itself up as detective, judge and juror.

ECONOMIST: And of their contrasting attitudes to democratic reform

If you are interested in a first hand account of the strong-arm tactics, threats, and intimidation employed by the White House to get its own Chrysler bankruptcy plan rubber stamped through the process in 2009, you will want to see this video of Mourdock speaking at a Cato event.

FORBES: An Insider's Account of the White House's Unseemly Tactics in the Chrysler Bailout

By passing an effective growth package quickly, we can provide a shot in the arm to keep a fundamentally strong economy healthy.

FORBES: Bush Offers Stimulus Plan