We've been highly distracted with geek chores the past couple of days, and we're discovering that trying to catch up with the Financial End Times is like missing an episode of a primetime serial — we have no idea how that polar bear got there, but we imagine it'll make sense eventually.So pardon us while we attempt to wrap our exhausted mind around this:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) warned his former colleagues that they would pay a price in November for backing the bailout now — and that John McCain could ride to victory over Barack Obama by persuading voters that the bailout is really the “Obama-Bush plan.”
Now step back from this a moment and consider: It's understandable that they want to run away from an unpopular president, and the Republican convention was the equivalent of outlaws trying to switch their black cowboy hats to white — but this is the first suggestion we've seen of throwing Dubya under the bus.
We're tempted to agree with Newt, just to see the attack ads — a Rovian snake swallowing its tail.
