Forget the Senate, Ben; THIS is the vote that counts

"The unseemly haste over Bernanke's reconfirmation had nothing to do with a newly awakened Bear menacing Dow 10k from the high side. Neither was it a reaction to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (the UK Telegraph's Angel of Debt) and his comments about the ongoing Greek crisis. No, it was nothing other than fear over what the gnomes at Timmy's old shop were going to uncork around 4:30 PM EST yesterday afternoon."