Tweets for Today

• 12:44 Hey, it just hit me. If Paulson et al just *made up* the $700b figure, why spend all that money? What's the *cheapest* plan that would work? #

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Bottom suddenly falls out of netherworld sweater market.

I spoke too soon.

According to one GOP lawmaker, some House Republicans are saying privately that they’d rather “let the markets crash” than sign on to a massive bailout.

The suspicion is that Sen. McCain is one of the driving forces behind this outbreak of stupidity. Only thing that could make it worse is if he did it to make sure that he didn't have to debate tonight.

Oh, and the plan sounds pretty stupid, too, once you actually read it.

"That's not true."

Just finished watching the debate. Initial impressions: McCain performed above my expectations, but that pretty much adds up to "it was close". What it comes down to, though, is the facts.

Just to look up the first thing that comes to mind: according to transcripts, and ABC's blog agrees, McCain is simply wrong about Kissinger - he does support high-level talks without preconditions. Now, I don't care about errors like "Kennedy was out of the hospital before the debate started" or the Eisenhower letters thing, but if there are other significant points like Kissinger's stance on which McCain was simply and directly wrong, it matters.