The great dictator?

An under-reported bit of news that may have explained why Congresspeople were so ashen when they emerged from the first meeting on the financial bailout - they were threatened by a country under martial law.

Since the financial bailout hasn't gotten any traction, and the market is in freefall, does that mean the threat of martial law hangs like a threat in the Autumn air?

I hate it when my worst, paranoid, conspiracy-theory thoughts are seconded

I will admit that I expected the last Congressional elections to be interrupted by a President who would find some emergency to declare martial law.

I haven't allowed myself to admit that he'd want to be president for life.