Betcha. Just before the election. They keep it all afloat then...

Betcha. Just before the election. They keep it all afloat then take the legs out with something they can hang on Bush and something which the history books will remember as a far bigger event then the "credit crisis" after all WE fixed it then HE had to go and do THAT "insert geopolitical event of enormous magnitude".

These guys for instance are setting themselves up a treat:

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it did not wish to be taken off a U.S. terrorism blacklist, a reward it would be given if it abided by a disarmament deal, indicating it was stepping away from the pact.

The North also said it had begun work to restore its Soviet-era nuclear Yongbyon plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium which was being taken apart under a disarmament-for-aid deal it reached with five regional powers, including the United States.

"The DPRK (North Korea) neither wishes to be delisted as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' nor expects such a thing to happen," the North's official KCNA news agency quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.

Analysts have said the North might be trying to pressure the outgoing Bush administration as it looks for diplomatic successes to bolster its legacy. The North might also be thinking it can wait for a new U.S. president to try to get a better deal.