Country Last

Apparently, republicans would rather vote against a woman who hurt their feelings, than vote for the good of the country.



Seriously, though, how can you focus any blame singularly on "Obama's Democratic Party."

Make no mistake, Pelosi failed too, in that she only delivered 2/3, rather than a full majority. Apologists say that it was "Bush's bill" and that it was good to get 2/3. But what I saw on TV last night was FINALLY some explanations of how FAILURE to provide support to credit markets, would impact "Main Street."

Do you actually think the public would be outraged if they knew a failure of credit markets would either (a) tank their 401ks, or (b) hold up their paychecks? Both of which are rather distinct possibilities? Don't get me wrong, plenty of blame should go on the deregulation crowd, which are primarily Republicans, for getting us into this mess. And, folks ought not be rewarded for their reckless behaviour. But the solution, I think, is to regulate down the road, and to constantly remind the deregulation crowd of the consequences of their actions, when it comes time to regulate again, or, should their boldness increase to the extent that they AGAIN want to deregulate.

I don't blame McCain for NOT delivering votes - he's culpable, if at all LATELY, for PROMISING to deliver votes and failing. He basically said he'd swoop into Washington and "get things done" and he delivered less than 1/2 of Republicans in the House.