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.
"Quite a lot of what passes itself off as dialogue about our society consists of people trying to justify their own choices. Let me propose that if your beliefs or convictions matter more to you than people—if they require you to act as though you were a worse person than you are—you may have lost perspective."
Timothy Kreider, We Learn Nothing, 2012