"This Sucker Could Go Down"
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"Chaos," "disarray," "unprecedented political wrangling," Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on bended knee pleading for a lifeline, and President George W. Bush warning, "if money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down [2]." These were the dramatic scenes in Washington yesterday where the historic $700 billion bailout plan now looks very much in doubt, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times all report this morning. Congressional negotiators called off talks at 10:30 p.m. EST, the NYT reports, failing to reach an agreement and all but piercing the bubble of hope generated by the markets' comeback earlier in the day [3]. The high drama culminated in a plea from Paulson to Democratic leaders, barging into their White House meeting on Thursday, urging them not to say anything that could destroy the fraught negotiations, WSJ reports. The newspaper adds, "In doing so, the Treasury secretary got down on one knee, a gesture that one of these people described as a moment of levity in a rough day."
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