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[dwenius]

I'm shocked no one has floated this yet in the punditocracy, but given the players involved, isn't this the most likely scenario?

Two thirds of the Republican house members woke up this morning, called their brokers, sold the market short in as many ways as their portfolio would allow, then marched out to scuttle the bill, ensuring the markets would plummet. and thus the rich get richer.

Mind you, I like the alternative explanation-- that McCain utterly failed as a leader to muster the right number of votes from his party-- but isn't the above the most obvious explanation? I don't even think it's that cynical.

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[rwx.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't the alternative explanation that the House Reps killed the deal so that McCain could come in with a new, related plan as a savior and thus rescue his 'I can see Failure from my house' campaign?

[dwenius.livejournal.com]

That's a good point, but McCain is already getting hammered on the "can't lead his own party" front by multiple sources. We'll see how it plays out.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14088.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/mccain-and-his.html

Some days the Onion must cry from having to keep up with real life.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

See my most recent MojoWire post.

[catbear.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a go-to-jail offence called insider trading?

[goddessem.livejournal.com]

Since when have politicians shied away from go-to-jail offenses? Besides, they have to get caught first.

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

Hm. It's a grey area. I think it'd never stand up in court, because a Rep is not technically an 'insider' in any company (unless he happens to own 10% of it or is on the board.)