Morning Hors D'oeuvres

McCain was lobbied by Fannie and Freddie too. Given the number of lobbyists in his inner circle, his average coffee break probably involves being lobbied.

Andrew’s quote of the day is George Will eviscerating McCain on “This Week” and finds an old interview with DMX.

Matt thinks we should remember the last time Bush asked us to ignore the details due to crisis situations before signing off on the bailout and ponders the administration’s financial ineptitude.

This TPM reader has the best take on the bailout … money shot:

“ … I saw Hank Paulson talking about homeowners taking out mortgages that were higher than they could afford and about them needing to live up to their obligations. I find it incredible that he would use language like that while asking taxpayers to send a trillion dollars to Wall Street because investment banks made irresponsible investments and aren't able to live up to their obligations.”

Ambers digs into the data in AP’s race survey and thinks the McCain camp is trying to pivot to a new depiction of Obama. There’s only so much time to make something stick, guys.

Ezra summarizes a popular essay floating around from Prof. Zingales of the U of Chicago.

Mallaby’s column on what the government should do. By the way, nobody I’m reading seems to think this bailout is a good idea, as designed. Anyone see upside?

Edsall has a good take on the various ways the economic crisis can affect the electorate.

Albert Hunt at Bloomberg analyzes the candidate reactions. Obama trounced McCain.