Via McClatchy, a vacuum at the top:
When Obama, the party's new leader, learned of the plan's rejection, he spoke about Washington almost as if he weren't a member of Congress.
"Democrats and Republicans in Washington have a responsibility to make sure that an emergency rescue package is put forward that can at least stop the immediate problems we have so we can begin to plan for the future," he said.
He didn't say how he might lead or what role he'd play. "Step up to the plate," he told Congress. "Get it done."
And a vacuum in between Nancy's ears:
His party's leaders in Congress also threw up their hands, as House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and others bragged that they'd delivered a majority of the Democratic votes, even though that wasn't enough.
"The Democratic side more than lived up to its side of the bargain," Pelosi said, lauding fellow Democratic leaders for "getting 60 percent of the House Democrats to support a bill which isn't our bill."
Er, wowsers?
Nothing -- absolutely nothing -- could be politically safer than opposing George W. Bush. ... So Monday's rejection of the bailout plan is not a catastrophic political defeat for George W. Bush; he has no political standing, no political future. But it is a vast and humiliating defeat for the Democratic leadership, across the board ... Now the Democratic elites have had their collective head handed to them on a platter. It is a dish most richly deserved.
You know, I've always heard that revenge was a dish best served cold.
But this Chris Floyd guy is changing my mind!