This guy's got it all figured out, from an historical perspective. The oligarchs are running the show, not the people. Obama, start listening! Get the money changers out of the government!

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/michael-hudson-six-minutes-with-the-renegade-economist/

The oligarchy has found a way to get more Republicans elected. Now that Bernanke has taken nationalization off the table. (How can he do that when he's not even a member of the government, you ask? Because the real government is the corporations.) Now Congress will have to come up with more funds to prop up the banks. The Democrats will fall in line and push for more bailout money. Only the Republicans will be there to stop it. If they succeed they will be rewarded in the next election.