Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man

From what I gather it was 13 republicans who said they would vote for it changing their mind when it was time to vote. I'm curious why they would yank their support like that.


Besides the fact that their switchboards were flooded with constituents opposed to the bailout?

But let's not obscure the fact that, if 40% of the Democrats hadn't voted no, the question of thirteen Republicans wouldn't be an issue.

This was defeat was bipartisan. Both democrats and republicans opposed it.


Let's be clear though G-man. It's true that you can say the defeat was bipartisan but way more democrats were willing to support an unpopular president who isn't even from their party for a bill that isn't going to be popular with their constituents. They had further to go to vote for that bill then the GOP & I think they did that because to a large extent they believe it's going to be just that bad if they don't get it done.

Fair play!