Meanwhile, in the media...

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Poll: GOP blamed for failed bailout

Respondents to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll blame Republicans over Democrats by more than a two-to-one margin for Monday’s failed vote on the $700 billion bailout package.

The poll, conducted Monday evening after the vote, reported 44 percent of respondents said the GOP is “mainly responsible” for the failed deal. Twenty-one percent blamed Democrats while 17 percent said the two parties share equal blame.
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[the Democrats control the House with a majority - they don't/didn't need a single Republican vote to pass the bill - But Nancy and Barney did noting to rally the Democrats to the cause {twelve of Barney's own committee members voted agains it}.

Why? Because there's a score of Democrats up for re-election and they know, through a deluge of calls and emails, that the majority of Americans hate this bail out. For the record, that puts those that voted against this bill on the side of right (or does this crisis justify abandoning democracy?}

But of course most Americans weren't there... they're relying on the media to tell them what happened...]
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