Is the reason to not bail out Lehman Brothers political?

[mnhtnbb]

As hubby and I were watching PBS The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, we wondered whether the reason
to bail out Bear Stearns and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and NOT Lehman Brothers had anything to do with
politics.


So I went to my friend, google, and up came this story that:

Obama has raised a full $395,574 from employees and PACs of the now-bankrupt Lehman brothers, second only to Hillary Clinton.

Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer did quite nicely, too; McCain is seventh among the firm's favorite pols (though its favorite Republican), having raised $145,100, according to OpenSecrets.org.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Friends_of_Lehman.html

Is this a coincidence? Could it be that the Bushies are willing to let Lehman fail because
of politics?

Back in the primary season, I was not enamored of Obama, because I knew he had significant contributions
from players on Wall Street (which this story confirms). But could this non-bail out be a result
of that support?

I do know that there was absolutely NO discussion on The News Hour whether
this could be a political decision.

What else do we know?

On edit: sorry, forgot to add the link for the source of donations.

[Old and In the Way]

1. I think there's not much left for bailouts. First come, first served.

IOU's don't cut it.

[renie408]

2. No, honestly they have to draw the line somewhere. If they bail out Lehman, then they have to bail

out Wamu and AIG and Morgan Stanley...etc. They have to stop somewhere.

[AndyA]

3. Bushco made/allowed jet airplanes to crash into buildings, so I wouldn't put anything past them.

Bush outed a covert CIA agent assigned to nuclear proliferation during a time of war.

Bush told lies to start a war on a sovereign nation, that has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

So yeah, this is not beneath him.

[sandnsea]

4. I don't know - but

Hillary had more contributions from Lehman than Obama - and you had a problem with Obama????

[An Intellectual]

5. No, it's just free-market worship; I believe Obama received the most from FM/FM.

[MiniMe]

6. Since a Bush cousin is heavily involved in Lehman...

It may be a move to avoid it looking like a family bailout.

[curious one]

7. Yes, yes and yes.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Do you have any info that would support your affirmations?