Recent remarks by Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill may have tilted the landscape in the ongoing debate about the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, giving Louisiana Republican Richard Baker a somewhat steep slope to climb. Rep. Baker, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, was expected to lay out his plans for new GSE legislation at a press conference late last week. But he postponed the announcement