Bailout

The bailout failed - not enough democrats trust either their leadership or the bush admin enough to vote for this turkey. The house republicans have their crazy on. What would it take to get a democratic plan passed? Everybodies obsessing over technical details or pushing aggressively progressive ideas that aren't getting much traction - but at least 1/2 the problem is that nobody trusts the Bushies anymore, and we can't afford (according to the people pressing for this bailout) to wait until the next election and the months afterwards for transition, etc. So - here's a thougt - why not make the deal contingent on Paulson being replaced by a democrat? There's no reason bush can't appoint one if Paulson resigns, and once the senate approves him/her (Laura D'Andrea Tyson anyone?), it could be done in a matter of hours. Then the house dem's are happy to vote for it, the house republicans can get bent for all we care, and the senate repubs face the unhappy prospect of filibustering their own presidents nominee.