[HereInTheHeartland]

“There were plenty of free market approaches to fix this, from the likes of Gingrich, Savage and Forbes, to name a very eclectic group...........”

True, but there was not enough momentum to get them passed.

What I am saying is that had the $700 bailout bill not passed ,and we were working on a free market package; the lack of having something passed would be getting the blame right now for the market problems.

[fishtank]

Salami! Baloney!!

“True, but there was not enough momentum to get them passed.”

The “mo” could have come from a 30 second “hell NO!!!” by John McCain, and he’d be 10 points ahead right now.

[Texas Songwriter]

For Congress to pass $700,000,000,000.00 is no more painful than passing a small kidney stone. The don’t even strain the urine.