Dow down single-day record 770 points.
McCain claimed personal responsibility for the bailout bill. Well, my friend, you got it.
Homosexual Representative Barney Frank offers them a reach-around it if will help.
After the House defeated a bill Monday to bail out the financial industry but also impose new federal controls on it, the Democratic presidential candidate said that McCain has "fought against commonsense regulations for decades, he's called for less regulation 20 times just this year, and he said in a recent interview that he thought deregulation has actually helped grow our economy."
"Senator, what economy are you talking about?" Obama asked.
"I read the other day that Sen. McCain likes to gamble. He likes to roll those dice. And that's OK. I enjoy a little friendly game of poker myself every now and then," Obama said. "But one thing I know is this — we can't afford to gamble on four more years of the same disastrous economic policies we've had for the last eight."McCain? Here is what he had to say ...
"http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/29/campaign.wrap/index.html
FTFA: "Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain and refused to even say if he supported the final bill. ... This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country," Holtz-Eakin said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/obama-to-vote-on-bailout_n_130242.html
FTFA: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama plans to return to the Senate this week so he can vote for the Wall Street bailout package. The Illinois senator is expected to support the plan, but hasn't committed yet since he's still examining the details. The $700 billion compromise legislation is up for a vote Monday in the House, with the Senate vote expected as early as Wednesday.
A spokesman for John McCain said the Republican nominee plans to be in Washington and hopes he'll be able to vote, depending on the schedule.
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Stick a fork in it, this thing is done.
meanwhile ... somewhere in Ohio ...
