I remember it a little different. They both supported the bailout. McCain called several republicans, met with some and changed a few votes. Obama went to an Obama rally, called no one and sent out a press release saying he deserved credit for the bailout and McCain should get no credit.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14137.html But after the House defeated the bill with Democratic help, including a majority of the Congressional Black Caucus, the pressure began rising for Obama to make more direct appeals to his party. <me> He can't even get the brothers to join in?</me> .... Obama reached out to individual House members Tuesday, signaling that the Democratic nominee was taking a deeper role in the process. The campaign would not disclose names, but said he was coordinating his efforts with the congressional leadership. <me> At least he picked up the phone.</me> Newest Quote from the One, the only, the great unifier: "I don't think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful, I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle." On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He has commented that you can get a lot more done when the cameras are > off. And appears to be correct, because trhe deal fell apaprt when > Mccain turf ed in tnot a photo op > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271683 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
