Wall Street Journal Calls Monday's Republican Behavior "Partisan Bickering"

John Boehner may be looking for a replacement for his post of minority leader after the election it appears.  His freeper pleasing whining about Nancy Pelosi helped sink a bill even if it might have goosed his "base" who are less than 30% of the electorate.

Americans are looking in disgust at Boehner, McCain and other Republicans who are acting nasty like they did in 1998.  As far as I'm concerned, they can keep on dishing it out.  Because America will most likely be dishing it right back on November 4th.  I am surprised that the Republicans candidates have forgotten what happened the last time they became such an obvious pack of jackals.

Really guys and gals, don't make us remember just why George W. Bush  actually seemed like a good alternative to the rest of you.  At least he kept so much of it under control and under wraps until after the election. 

From "Wall Street Journal -- "Four at Four: The Market Gets Nothing, and Doesn’t Like It ":

Criticism of the bailout plan in the form it morphed into over the weekend was rife — some were concerned about the equity participation, some about the hesitant structure — but most were of agreement that something was better than nothing. Instead, the market got a whole lot of nothing Monday, as the bill was swallowed by partisan bickering and strange attempts to blame the House speaker for ruffling feathers

This is the Wall Street Journal!  

Now bickering is common among bloggers and others of the common people base, but Americans really like their candidates to be polite and respectful of their opponents.  That's because they want to think that the government that comes from electing a candidate will work respectfully and with equanimity. 

It is amazing anyway first to see Republicans treating Wall Street now that it's broke like they treat their working class supporters once in office. 

They aren't verbally dissing WS, but they are ignoring the needs for now so they can play a re-election game.  Of course, their natural base when it's time to give back are the wealthy and the powerful.  But the game they are playing this election season is the populist one.  

Too bad we can't all just have a trantrum, let Wall Street fall, and go on with life.  

It's a whole lot easier than doing the hard work of creating compromises and educating the electorate.

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