Was Poppy Shrub pulling strings during Carter's presidency?

[BushOut06]

I touched on this in the Carter thread below, but decided to give it its own thread.

Wasn't Poppy running the CIA at that point? We know he had extensive ties to the Saudis; is it possible he used those ties to help encourage the oil embargo, helping to drive our economy in the toilet? And perhaps with his ties to Iran, is it possible that he encouraged the hostage taking? Is it any coincidence that he ran for president in '80? Carter screws up the country, here comes Poppy to save the day! When that plan fails, he somehow gets Reagan to name him his running mate (didn't Reagan and Bush have a particularly nasty primary?).