Hey, guys - nice job today, sinking the vote. Honestly, I'm not sure if this is a good bill or not, as I'm not an economist, but it's clear something has to be done so credit in this country doesn't dry up, and it's certainly clear that your president, your presidential nominee, and your house leader really wanted you to vote for this thing. So, Nancy Pelosi was a little tone deaf today and took your party to task for being lax on regulation and playing a big role in allowing things to get where they are today - she probably shouldn't have done that - but blaming her for the failure of the passage of this legislation? This from the New York Times Caucus blog, quoting radio host Hugh Hewitt (never heard of him):
The GOP House leadership is now bluntly declaring what everyone who followed the story today knows: Nancy Pelosi killed the bailout bill with a blistering attack on Republicans just prior to the start of the vote. The Speaker cost millions of Americans hundreds of millions in retirement savings today because she could not resist using her position to slam her political opponents even after they had met her more than half way.
Really? The Speaker cost millions of Americans hundreds of millions in retirement savings today? I thought it was you guys, because you revolted against your party's leadership. I was watching Rachel Maddow tonight, and she brought up a very good point - you guys killed this bill because she couldn't talk nicely to you? What a bunch of pansies. To paraphrase Ms. Maddow, "Way to put your country first." I say, "Way to scapegoat!" Seriously. You all are going to have a lot of atoneing to do between now and Yom Kippur.
Best regards,
Elliot Blake
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While it is true that the Republicans displayed amazingly thin skin today i would point out 95 Dems also voted against the bill. This included many of the Democratic leadership.
That's true, but Republicans voted against their own President's bill by a 2-1 margin, which says a lot about the state of the party leadership right now. I'm curious to know who among the Democratic leadership didn't vote for the package - certainly Pelosi, Hoyer, Van Hollen, Barney Frank and the heavy hitters did, and they did what they needed to do, which was delivery a Democratic majority for a bill many Dems didn't like.
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