Bailing Out of the Bailout, and Some Obamacomment
Most interesting in the House defeat of the Bailout Bill was that most of those voting against the bill will be struggling in the November election. They didn’t want to take the heat for voting for an unpopular, expensive bailout bill.
It took a mighty confident incumbent to vote for the bill.
The cost of not voting for it will come too, but that will be after the election. No pol wants the shit hitting the fan before an election. After, is okay. They can deal with it. And who knows? Maybe we will all be dead of plague or nuclear radiation or some mysterious substance in Chinese imports com December, and that particular shit will never hit the fan.
Obama. You hear a lot from Republicans about the “liberal media.” Which, IMHO is much exaggerated. But it is true that the media have treated Obama with kid gloves. There are tough questions he has not been asked, in such a way that he has to focus and answer.
When McCain and Palin are asked tough questions, they get all steamed and declare that it’s gotcha journalism and walk away.
No candidate is dealing with the tough questions
