One wonders whether the Democrats, and Senator Obama, ever had any intention of delivering this bailout, or whether they always thought there was more to gain, politically, from letting the package die on the House floor.
What bothers me about this article is that it doesn’t paint a complete picture.
According to the New York Times, the final vote was 205 – 228. For Democrats, that was 140 – 95, or 60% for. For Republicans, that was 65 – 133, or 33% for. How is this possibly Obama’s fault?
At the end of the day, I don’t think this is really a matter of blaming either McCain or Obama (I don’t even think you could blame Pelosi or her speech), but this kind of politicizing for the sake of your campaign, John, is simply ludicrous.
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Agreed, in principle. However, I think it’s gross so many voted for. The wealthy are too often keeping for themselves the rewards of market hijinks, but foisting the losses on the public.
Yeah, I still reserve proper judgment for when I completely understand the issues (i.e. “never”
) but I’m inclined to disagree with it. (I got through about half of Pelosi’s speech last night, but I was inclined to agree with her. Maybe the offending remarks were at the end? Or simply not there?)