RE :And after Pelosi got in?
I was warning freepers 2 years ago that republicans were the ones to pay for congress low approval ratings 07-08, and democrats would benefit in a second election 08 from it. So democrats had an incentive to screw things up, but GWB apparently thought he could go down with republicans, since he was re-elected, and somehow look good. The public doesnt even know it was a dem congress. winning strategy was BUSH-BUSH-BUSH and dont do much. So republicans had everything to lose, and did.
The lesser of two evils argument was not going to work again with GWB 8 years and republican congress 5-6 years.
Only one of the candidates even mentioned that the meltdown happened over the past two years, and that was Obama himself. During some of his radio messages played in the blue area I was in, he said something like “Don't ask if you are better off than you were fours years ago, but if you will be better off.” He understood the implications. Too bad McCain didn't.