The poor multimillionaires of AIG.

Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats.

What’s on your mind tonight?

The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived. Yep, Tim Geithner has announced his master plan to recover the ill begotten booty from the 73 individuals raking at AIG.

Best. Freudian Slip. Ever.

One of the changes I most hoped for (but did not, however, expect) was to have a president who puts the rule of law and well-being of the country ahead of the narrow self-interest of the rich and powerful. Admittedly, it’s still very early in Obama’s term, but so far I’ve seen precious little evidence that he has the stomach for it.

When last we saw Mr. Jim Tedisco, he was turning down help from the RNC because they were too negative for his district, and he wanted to run a kinder, gentler race. Only now, it’s starting to look as if what he really wants is to distance himself from the head of the RNC, one Michael Steele, who is, if you haven’t noticed, very unpopular with national Republicans, because his new friends aren’t very nice at all. . . .

I’m guessing that the American taxpayers just paid 11 AIGFP former employees retention bonuses even though they have already left AIGFP because they left “for good reason.” Huh!?!?!?

What’s needed is not a rescue plan; what’s needed is a complete restructuring plan to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.

Over the weekend, Tim Geithner told the American taxpayers that AIG just had to pay out those millions in bonuses. But now we learn from Andrew Cuomo what was in those contracts, and it sure sounds like Geithner was lying to us.

In an attempt to get out of the way of the AIG bonus train wreck, it looks like the designated sin eater is going to be Chris Dodd:

The administration official said the Treasury Department did its own legal analysis and concluded that those contracts could not be broken. The official noted that even a provision recently pushed through Congress by Senator Christopher J.