That House Vote -- By the Numbers

Jopek e-mailed Obama in February asking that he not mention her son's name while campaigning; however, she now says she is thrilled Obama did so in order to respond to McCain in a debate. She can't make up her mind. Just like Obama.

Too bad Obama couldn't remember her son's name and had to check the bracelet for it.

Even Limbaugh called out the House GOP who said they voted "no" on the bill because their feelings got hurt:

The Republicans in Congress, I think went out there and said some things about Pelosi's speech yesterday that a lot of Republicans, a lot of conservatives, "Come on, you guys, can you grow up? Don't tell us that you changed your vote on saving the country because Pelosi delivered a partisan speech."

I think people take the phrase "free market" a bit too literally.

Pure free markets do not work. They have never worked. Even the biggest free market advocate agrees to some regulation.

In a pure free market, there would be a handful of monopolies that owned everything. Potential competition would be stifled by dumping products at below cost and promptly raising the price back up after the competition went bankrupt. Companies would use their monopoly on a product to extend their reach into new markets by tying their products together.

So get it out of your head that we have a pure free market. We do not.

Furthermore, this rescue plan isn't even close to socialism. We are buying debt to sell at a later time. We did it during the Great Depression and during the S&L scandal. We buy the stuff, restructure it, wait a while and then sell it.

I'd like to see the bill go before the House again just to see Boehner cry again...

"Obama froze like a deer in headlights when it came time to remember her son's name"

I think Obama was taken aback by McCain's crass mentioning dead soldiers to distract the audience after Obama nailed him on signing songs about bombing Iran.

"If goverment steps in is it still a free market"

If the government has any regulation at all, is it still a free market?

"Obama knows the FDIC petitioned to raise the limit and is trying to steal the idea as his own."

So McCain calling for the same idea after Obama did would also be stealing?

You guys are too predictable.

Obama gave a 35 minute speech about the bailout and its impact today.

John mcCain considered "suspending" his campaign again.

well I pray that they never get back to the table on this one .

“I wanted him to know my son’s name for one thing, for when he’s commander in chief,” Mrs. Jopek said during a telephone interview

Poor woman. Obama froze like a deer in headlights when it came time to remember her son's name. I gotta brace too it was given to me by Sgt. uh, the mother,, uh, of uh

Obama knows the FDIC petitioned to raise the limit and is trying to steal the idea as his own.

What Middle class it is more like the working class

obama is as big of a phony as mccain is....he's just more careful with his words and speeches to charm everyone away from the skeletons in his closet

If goverment steps in is it still a free market?

"This plan was so poorly sold to the American people that it is somewhat understandable to those Representatives who voted against it because they feared for their re-election. They are still cowards, but they aren't completely without reason."

I agree with this especially the first part.

All people heard was a price tag ($700B), a urgency to act immediately and a beneficiary (Wall Street).

Nobody "sold" this bill because in the end they were unwilling to "buy" it themselves.

Bishop

Just suppose the Right Wing, self-interest lobbiest are setting OBAMA UP FOR FAILURE..

AT THE RISK OF AMERICAN'S ABLILITY TO LIVE AS PEOPLE OF A MIDDLE CLASS..

DO YOU HATE THE MIDDLE CLASS WORKER
'BISHOP'.

We need a just say no to congress pac.

yippee.....incompetence from the leadership of both parties and two pathetic candidates for President...."happy days are here again"

johnTX

You are right, this all smells of a scam.

Gloom and Doom, they really have faith in the American people's ability to survive bad times.

The credit market has been tight before so what bunch of liars this whole thing is so bogus so Obama can go up in polls I'm not buying it.

Who wins and who loses?

Winners: Obama, Obama and Obama. All he had to do was be quiet and let everyone else bloody each other up. Sometimes inaction is the best political move.

Losers: McCain, Bush, Paulson, Pelosi for a day or two, Boehner, free markets and every American.

McCain looks like a complete fool in all of this. Clueless.

Bush and Paulson (D) tried to ram their plan (plus Democratic add-ons) down the throats of House Republicans. Republicans said no way, pushed Bush aside, worked with Democrats on joint version. Bush and Paulson are marginalized.

Pelosi looks like a weak leader for the short term but it doesn't matter. She gets re-elected in a landslide and all is forgotten.

Boehner just plain got snookered. Couldn't stop the bleeding when the voting started.

All in all a great political move by Pelosi even if it sent world financial markets into the tank and perhaps extended and deepened the global recession. The end justifies the means, right?