re: Bailout bill defeated because it sucks

Brett Singer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:41:25 GMT

Here's video where one of McCain's advisers blames the Democrats exclusively:

www.youtube.com/watch

re: Bailout bill defeated because it sucks

Em — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:53:09 GMT

Edit to above:

If even <b>64%</b> of Dems had voted in favor, the bill would have passed.

(I scrapped my calculator for good old Excel.)

re: Bailout bill defeated because it sucks

Em — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:15:07 GMT

To see what the votes looked like, check out the chart on nytimes.com (www.nytimes.com/.../ROLLCALL.html).

You'll see that 133 out of 198 voting Republicans (67%) voted against the bill. However, you'll also see that 95 out of 235 (40%) of Dems voted against it. It is not surprising that a larger percentage of Republicans voted against it, as it is well accepted that the bill goes against what most would consider part of the basic philosophy of the Republican party. What *is* interesting is that a relatively large percentage of Democrats voted against the bill as well. And that, I imagine, is why you are hearing so much about how the bill failed due to Democratic opposition.

If even 60% of Dems had voted in favor, the bill would have passed.

(Note that I am just calculating the percentages off the cuff, and I may be off if my calculator skills aren’t up to par. :))