… even Hugh Hewitt, a conservative if there ever was one, is urging them to sign on to the amended Paulson bailout plan. While I don’t agree with his ends (elect a new conservative majority in the future) his argument in favor of the plan is pretty much the bare bones don’t-wanna-but-I-hafta approach a lot of people are taking.

–Tim Fernholz

Tim Fernholz is a former staff writer for the Prospect. His work has been published by Newsweek, The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, and The Daily Beast. He is also a Research Fellow at the New America Foundation.