Appreciate the information and the honesty...it does make me wonder just *when* those shares will be exhausted...at some point, even Paulson holders have to want an honest run, don't they? If a fair proportion of 'short' sales are actually Paulson holders, they can't all be hurting for day-to-day funds, I don't imagine? They're also doing BP's work for them, helping clamp down any offer price from any potential partners by keeping the sp down, which hurts everyone.

That's a phenomenon that has always baffled me, watching from the outside on other issues as well.