Ok but "coup" is how howard describes taking. He has used that word before to describe the gvt's taking of the GSEs from the shareholders.
So which "coup" does he mean? A simple victory for the dems because they always wanted to keep the GSEs? Or a completed taking by the gvt of the GSEs?
I think this is an important question bc it's in a post in which he has just attempted to describe the latest talk and opinions in DC after the big conference.