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Bush consulting Obama on bailouts (Politico)

 
Politico - With a CNBC clock counting down the minutes until President-elect Obama announced his economic team in Chicago, President Bush appeared outside the Treasury Department on Monday morning with Secretary Hank Paulson to show they are still at the tiller.  (link)

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