Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General for TARP. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A year ago Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion financial bailout plan, causing the largest one-day point drop in Wall Street history and the loss…

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President-elect Barack Obama insists he will protect Main Street, not just Wall Street, when fashioning a federal response to the credit crisis.

Perhaps so. Perhaps his “one president at a time” rule is causing…

The $700 billion financial bailout package passed by the House today and signed into law by President Bush contains a number of “sweeteners” inserted by the Senate. Among them is this one:

SEC. 503. EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR CERTAIN WOODEN…

After asking that tonight’s “Debate the Debate” party on The Platform be postponed so he could attend a sick cat, Post-Dispatch commentary page editor Eric Mink now has agreed to take part.

Together with John McCain’s decision to un-postpone his campaign and…