The Past Three Days of the Bailout Debate, Summarized
PUBLIC: “THE BAILOUT SUCKS! NO BAILOUT!”
NEWS: “The House rejected the bailout 207-226. The Dow dropped 778 points.”
PUBLIC: “DO SOMETHING! PASS THE BAILOUT!”
Meanwhile, in Congress:
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #1: “The bill barely lost. What do we do to get 10 more votes?”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #2: “Well, we could vastly improve the bill, losing some Republicians but getting more Democrats on board. Or we could make it a lot worse, getting more Republicians to support it so we won’t be blamed as much if it doesn’t work.”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #1: “Do you even have to ask?”
DEMOCRATIC LEADER #2: ”To incompetence!” [clink]