So far this looks like simple blackmail in a controlled descent.
We think there will be a snapback rally if the House votes for the bailout.
The pressure will remain on until the Senate votes on Wednesday.
Expect anything.
"Go now, write it on a tablet for them,
inscribe it on a scroll,
so that in the days to come
it may be a witness to them, for ever and ever.
For these are a rebellious people, deceitful children,
unwilling to listen to the instructions of the Lord.
They say to their seers,
‘Do not see!’
and to the prophets,
‘Say nothing of what is right!
Tell us only things that please us,
prophesy illusions."
Isaiah 30:8-10