So the bill that everyone was eagerly awaiting... the one that was supposed to save the banks/jobs/companies that needed saving...yeah, partisanship got in the way. Most Democrats voted yes(140 to 95), most Republicans voted no (65 to 133). You'd like to think that when an issue this big comes up, they'd agree. Friday all we heard was how a deal was imminent, that they basically had reached an agreement. John McCain shows up Friday night (after blowing off David Letterman the night before to head back to Washington immediately. only if immediately means a long Katie Couric interview, a dinner thursday night followed by a speech the next morning before heading back to Washington) to "help solve the crisis", only to watch it crumble.
So we get to watch the Dow drop thru the floor, only to watch it continue to fall and fall and fall until the only thing that could stop it was the day ending.
It's like they're all looking to blame someone. I don't care about blame right now. Blame doesn't help remedy the situation. Blame can be assigned after the problem is fixed. Fix it, and make sure provisions are put in place to cut the risk of this happening again and move on.
It's amazing how nothing can ever get done. It's always them vs. us. Someone needs to send all these politicians on one of those lame corporate retreats where you do trust falls and team building exercises...where you learn to cooperate and work together...
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