[What’s frustrating about the timidity of McCain and the congressional Republican leadership is that they have moral high ground on this mortgage-bailout issue, and Obama and the Democrats have huge political liabilities if Republicans have the good sense to exploit them.]
Indeed. Yet the repuclican party is useless and does not fight for the conservative principles anymore. They are liberal now and following the left, they bow down and shrink away from fighting for the conservatives of America.
They are as worthless as the left and have become the left.
That's very funny. Bush didn't veto one, single bill.
Republicans like Trent Lott, and fat Dennis "Coach" Hastert? Talk about go along to get along.
What political capital did Republicans spend to stop this? Answer, none. But, they did spend their capital, they did vote, deal on many things, just not on this..
Since the Republicans, as a party, didn't do anything, and or wouldn't do anything, what did it hurt them to say they were against these things? Nothing. Didn't hurt them a bit, and they got on the record that, of course, all very sad and all, we tried you know .....
Farm Republicans got ethanol and farm product support. Suburban Republicans got Real Estate, Developer, local Bank support. Everybody got Financial industry support.
And they all covered their arse with a few talking points that they could sell to Republican Bubbas.