Bush Hands Out Praise

From The Cunning Realist: NYT:

After conferring with his economic aides at the White House in the morning in the first of two meetings on the turmoil, Mr. Bush singled out the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., saying that he had shown "the country and the world that the United States is on top of the situation.""I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for working over the weekend," Mr. Bush said.