[null and void]

The big question is whether it will hit

1) before the election, so it can be blamed on Bush.
2) shortly after the election, so in can be blamed on Bush.
3a) well after the election so it can be blamed on the incumbent Republican.
3b) well after the election so it can be blamed on Bush.

[nicmarlo]

gosh.......you sound so....cynical.

: )

[RSmithOpt]

Well, the recent collapse in the housing market due to BS sub-primes and allowable over-leveraging by the brokers and the banks, plus the drain on the taxpayers' dollars from illegal immigration is directly the faults of W and Congress and the feds.

Without a doubt, W will get the blame.