I just uploaded a two-minute video clip of Nader this morning at the
SF Fed Reserve bank on Pelosi/Sheehan...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRxlHSiaeyo
Dan
On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
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.
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