The bear trap is set...
I'm with Marc Ambinder and Jsn on DailyKos on this. McCain is holding the debate hostage if this bailout doesn't pass and he plans to vote No. That way he can look like a maverick by going against his own party (president).
OMGWTFBBQ - DCRTW!
If there's an electoral college tie (269-269) between Obama and McCain, then the House votes to select the winner. With a Democratic House, you'd think, cool no-brainer, Obama wins right? WRONG! With Lieberman voting as a Republican, there's a 50-50 tie in the House. In that situation, the current Vice President would need to step in and do his job as the tie-breaker in the House. Dick Cheney rules the world! Not to be panicky or anything, over at FiveThirtyEight.com , they predict only a 1.08% chance of an electoral tie. It was up over 3% last week.