McCain Camp follows House GOP lead, blames Dems

[maddezmom]

McCain follows House GOP lead, blames Dems

The McCain campaign is responding to the failure of the bailout vote in the House by pointing fingers at the Dems, both Obama and the congressional leadership.

Like the House Republican leaders who are trying the same, McCain doesn't have a lot of great options here.

No word, though, on what next.

McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin:

“From the minute John McCain suspended his campaign and arrived in Washington to address this crisis, he was attacked by the Democratic leadership: Senators Obama and Reid, Speaker Pelosi and others. Their partisan attacks were an effort to gain political advantage during a national economic crisis. By doing so, they put at risk the homes, livelihoods and savings of millions of American families.

“Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain, and refused to even say if he supported the final bill.

“Just before the vote, when the outcome was still in doubt, Speaker Pelosi gave a strongly worded partisan speech and poisoned the outcome.

“This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country.”


http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/

[babylonsister]

1. How novel. What, no solutions?

:eyes:

[rateyes]

2. The bill failed because McCain couldn't get the House Republicans

on board the way he said he could. Period. End of sentence.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Hah! He couldn't get his House GOPers under control, so he blames the Dems.

Total failure of GOP/McCain leadership.

[bdamomma]

4. this is total BS.

those repigs were not going to vote for this anyway. they were worried about their own re election seats and their constituents opposing this.

[Debau2005]

5. I must be in a parallel universe

I thought the Dems voted for the bill and the repukes against. But it is Barack Obama and the Dems fault?

Oh that's right, we hurt their feelings because of a strongly worded partisan speech.

There is not enough tequila in the world to get me through the rest of this day!

[EarlG]

6. I think the Republicans have blown this big time

Regardless of your feelings on the bailout, from a political point of view I believe the Republicans - including John McCain - have screwed themselves here. McCain already came out this morning and took credit for bringing bipartisanship back to Washington in order to pass the bill - FAIL.

Of course the Dow Jones isn't the entire economy, but to the layman it's the most visible part. When the public sees the bill fail and the Dow immediately drop hundreds and hundreds of points, they'll draw the obvious conclusion - the economy IS in crisis, and the bill could have helped. Not saying that's true - just saying that's what it looks like.

The House Republicans were hoping this bill would pass with minimal Republican support, so they could blame it on the Dems if the plan didn't work later. I don't think they were counting on the bill failing, which is why they rushed out with the lamest excuse ever: "Nancy Pelosi was mean to us so we voted against it."

Pelosi delivered enough Democratic votes to pass the bill (she promised 140 and delivered 141), the Republican leadership couldn't do the same. Two-thirds of their caucus voted against it. Who is the public going to blame for the Dow's collapse?

[City Lights]

7. Oh John, if a "strongly worded partisan speech" gets your Depends in a bunch,

how will you ever face our enemies?

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Well, hell. If McSame was the 'miracle worker' he claimed to be when he suspended his campaign last

week, why didn't he get his GOP friends to vote for it?

[Roland99]

9. From the WaPo: and I paraphrase

Obama asked Sen. McCain several times what he thought. McCain did not answer.

[FVZA_Colonel]

10. Twelve Republicans throw a temper-tantrum, and it's somehow Pelosi and the Democrats fault?

What a bunch of children.