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Yesterday's Madness ... And Gushing.

Lee Hill, here ...

Yesterday was utter madness around here. Aside from the fact that we were paid a visit by a real Hollywood heavyweight (I think an Academy Award qualifies one as a "heavyweight," don't you?), we were glued to the latest developments in much-talked-about financial crisis, and how it's impacting the race for the White House.

Right now, it looks as though the presidential debates are officially on for tonight, despite GOP candidate John McCain's last minute switcheroo the other day -- when he decided to suspend his campaign, attempt to postpone the first presidential debate, saying that he wanted to focus solely on mending the financial wounds from Wall Street's meltdown.

Yesterday evening it seemed Congress had come to an agreement with the Bush administration on modified details of the $700 billion bailout plan. But now, I'm looking up at CNN (as we prepare to go to broadcast in a matter of MINUTES) and see that such might not be the case. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, seems to still have fundamental issues with the bailout plan.

More to come ... And I'll let Michel tell you more about our dose of star power.

Lee Hill

8:15 AM ET | 09-26-2008 | permalink

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Talk about flipflops - Is Barney Frank part of the solution, or part of the problem? See at 2003 NY Times article at: http://tinyurl.com/4phxk7

Sent by True_Liberal | 9:26 AM ET | 09-26-2008

Jimmy and boys were wrong. McCain's "suspension" of his campaign was a stunt, plain and simple. No Straight Talk here. He rushed back to Washington, stopping to give Katie Couric and interview on the way, went to the White House and said then said LITTLE OR NOTHING at the meeting, while House Republicans unraveled a deal that had been reached earlier in the day. Leadership, would have been to have met with his caucus IN ADVANCE of the White House meeting. He'd have known about the "minority report" that and could have postponed the meeting while he worked that out with the Republican caucus. THAT would have been leadership. Sitting in on a meeting and watching ... that's "followership."

Sent by Peter Williams | 2:07 PM ET | 09-26-2008

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