Robert Naiman wrote: > I was listening to the BBC this morning and their correspondent argued > that if the Dem leadership would have fully whipped the bill, it would > have passed, but they saw that the Republicans weren't going to go for > it and the Dems weren't going to take the fall alone. > > I'm not sure how much I really believe this. The first rule of the > leadership is not to make vulnerable members walk the plank. There was > a high correlation in both parties between supporting the bailout and > having a safe seat.
Another media explanation of why there were a lot of negative votes by people with safe seats is that repeated reapportionment aimed at helping incumbents stay in has led to some congresscritters having "extreme" opinions. -- Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
