Analysis: Senate vote on financial reform is another victory for Obama

Some crucial issues remain to be faced, but the U.S. Senate's 59-39 vote to adopt a massive financial-reform bill marks President Barack Obama's second major legislative victory this year, after scoring a win on health care, according to The Economist. The latest legislation would implement the most sweeping changes to financial regulation since the Great Depression, the magazine notes. "The White House can revel in a political triumph that a year ago seemed to many to be beyond reach," The Economist concludes.