The Farce in DC

TW: I will go out on the limb a bit. Despite the ruckus this evening a deal on the "bailout" will be announced by say 2 CST (in time for McCain to get to Oxford in time for the debate). McCain will claim to have exerted his maverick, bi-partisan, country first magic in order to pull his own Republican rebels into line while minimizing the damage proposed by the Dems.

I mentioned earlier this deal had to be bi-partisan otherwise every little Republican Congressman would be out there shrieking about how they opposed the "bailout" or in other free ride off a bill that must pass unless one wants to wake up to complete finanical gridlock next week. Gridlock that would make what has happened thus far seem like a weak prelude.

There is a small chance McCain truly goes for broke and opposes the bill forcing the Dems and the Bush Admin to fashion a bill without many Republicans and maybe Lieberman. While this would allow McCain to wield his bloody maverick shirt and separate soundly from W. Bush, even I do not think he is that reckless.

From the Obama campaign:
"John McCain sought to change the subject from his out-of-touch response to the economic crisis with a big announcement that he was 'suspending' his campaign. But the only thing McCain really wants suspended is the American people's disbelief. In fact, he's been in full campaign mode the entire time..."When McCain finally arrived in Washington, almost twenty-four hours after his announcement -- and after Congressional leadership announced a deal in principle -- he huddled with his lobbyist campaign advisors while his running mate held a political rally and his political spokesmen and surrogates were out in full force, continuing to attack Barack Obama."So make no mistake: John McCain did not 'suspend' his campaign. He just turned a national crisis into an occasion to promote his campaign. It's become just another political stunt, aimed more at shoring up the Senator's aimed more at shoring up the Senator's political fortunes than the nation's economy. And it does nothing to help advance this critical legislation to protect the American people during this time of economic crisis."