AP Analysis: House vote against bailout wounds ***McCain***

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - The house always wins, gamblers are warned, and the U.S. House made John McCain pay Monday for his politically risky, high-profile involvement in a financial rescue plan that came crashing down, mainly at the hands of his fellow Republicans.

The bill's defeat can hardly be blamed on the GOP presidential nominee, and it's possible that a revised measure might succeed. But by his own actions last week, McCain tied himself far more tightly to the failed bill than did his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama.

McCain argues that action is better than inaction in times of crises. His efforts, however, were aimed squarely at House Republicans, the group mainly responsible for the bill's demise, which triggered a record drop of nearly 800 points in the stock market, the most ever for a single day.

If Congress' impasse leads to a credit crisis, "it's not going to be good for McCain," said veteran Republican consultant John Feehery. Another prominent Republican strategist, who would talk only on background to avoid antagonizing associates, said the vote was trouble for McCain. As recently as Monday morning, only minutes before the House's stunning vote, McCain suggested that his call for a White House summit meeting Thursday, and his visit with unhappy House Republicans that preceded it, had helped clear the way for the bill's passage.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_bailout

[TooRaLoo]

1. Not quite the big HURRAH he was hoping for...

LMAO @ McTroll.

[grannylib]

2. Epic FAIL. Just like the ill-timed "McSame Wins Debate!" shit

this backfired, but much more spectacularly.
It's falling apart, Johnny-Come-Lately. You're becoming more irrelevant by the day. And even sadder and more pathetic than I would have thought possible.

[Bluebear]

3. For this he bailed out on David Letterman

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

4. Oh great. More POW (prisoner of W ) injuries to exploit.

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

6. "Prisoner of W"

LOVE it!

[Change has come]

5. Mittens

Didn't help his career either. :rofl: