How many times did John McCain and his campaign surrogates crow about his putting together the bailout deal before it crashed and burned yesterday afternoon? Let’s go to the tape …

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So who does Paul Krugman agree with among those proposing various alternative bailout plans? Today he tells us.

Obama edges toward more active role in responding to financial crisis.

Facebook hires former Alberto Gonzales chief of staff to be its new General Counsel.

The House Republican leadership’s explanation that they lost their caucus on the bailout because of Nancy Pelosi’s floor speech was transparently false on it face, but Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) removed whatever doubt might have remained this morning on MSNBC:

McCain calls for new bipartisanship as his campaign releases new ad blaming Dems for financial meltdown.

Is there anyone who’s not laughing when John McCain says that Obama politicized the bailout negotiations and that led to their failure?

TPM Election Central has a sneak peek at the new anti-Obama TV ad from Vets for Freedom.