My thoughts about the bailout...
How often does congress EVER act this quickly on anything? Something about this was very fishy to me. My feelings are that somebody was getting ready to make a LOT of money, very, very quickly... With little or no, inspection, regulation, overwatch or anything...
I don't forsee Bush declaring marshall law, to stay in power. It usually seems like a president can make more money as an "advisor" or speaker after his term in office than he did in office, with none of the responsibilities or headaches of leading. I'd say Bush is ready to build his library, and go back to his "oil" business.