I don’t think Pelosi is that smart, she (and Obama) just got lucky.
Now the GOP completely owns every single panic or bank failure which happens in the next week or two. After all, they voted against the bailout.
Of course, everybody on Wall St is convinced the bailout is going to pass in some shape or form. But now the dems can batter McCain with all the bad economic news for as long as they want.
Watch it, they will try to get themselves 60 Senators out of it.
Then the GOP owns the 277 rise in the Dow today, right?
And the GOP owns the rise in Consumer Confidence announced since they shot down the bailout bill, right?