If this is a wayang, then they all deserve a Oscar award for their thrilling show.
1. Treasury secretary knelt before the House speaker and appealed for her support.
2. "If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down,” President Bush declared Thursday as he watched the $700 billion bailout package fall apart before his eyes
3. It was an implosion that spilled out from behind closed doors into public view in a way rarely seen in Washington.
4. The talks broke up in angry recriminations
5. Followed by dueling news conferences and interviews rife with partisan finger-pointing.
6. Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to “blow it up” by withdrawing her party’s support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.
7. Denounced the session as “a rescue plan for John McCain,” and proclaimed it a waste of precious hours
8. Bush: Our country could experience a long and painful recession
9. Another late-night meeting with Mr. Paulson and many other lawmakers to see whether they could restart the negotiations — and ward off a Friday morning bloodbath in the markets.
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