Opinion of the Glass-Steagall Act

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I really can't imagine how someone could seriously argue that repealing it was a good idea.

Well, it wasn't hard to find 90 Senators who preferred global economic meltdown despite Senator Dorgan's warnings.

Here are the 8 Senators who had a clue.
Shelby - The one Republican
Boxer - The better California Senator, as usual. She voted the correct way despite having been a Wall Street. stockbroker.
Byran - Defeated a while ago
Dorgan - Pretty much predicted the 2008 economic crisis, and yet basically had to retire in 2010
Feingold - Sadly defeated in 2010
Harkin - Still around
Mikulski - Still around
Wellstone - Died in 2002

Fitzgerald and McCain didn't vote.

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It's easy to say FL in hindsight, but we shouldn't pretend it was obviously a bad idea to repeal it.  There were real economic growth arguments there - it's just the downside was greater than most expected.

Anyone who paid attention to what Senator Dorgan said didn't need hindsight.

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I'd take economic stability over massive growth (and the inevitable bust) any day.

What growth? On November 12, 1999 when Gramm-Leach passed, the S&P 500 was 1381. Now it's 1309. That's a significant drop without even adjusting for inflation. Gramm-Leach is an epic fail.