Wall Street and the Rise of Obama By Cliff Kincaid Joe Biden made headlines by talking about a “generated crisis” for Obama. But is the current financial meltdown another “generated crisis?” Why did this crisis suddenly occur only six weeks before the election? Is it just a coincidence that it occurred at a time when John McCain was leading in the national public opinion polls and appeared to be on his way to a November 4 election victory? “If it were not for the financial crisis,” commented Byron York of National Review, “McCain might have won” the election. It was...