Don't Blame Pelosi

Or at least, don't blame her for her speech, which had no real effect on the bailout vote. Go ahead and blame her leadership, and the Republican leadership, for not being able to drum up enough votes to pass the the thing, and leaving the country hanging by its shredded credit cards for another few days, at least. But the speech flap is just politics as usual: Pelosi pinning deregulation on Republicans (correctly, I'd say, but poorly timed), and Republican knees jerking to say "she scared us away," to cover their embarrassment at not passing the bill... until they realized how petty and venal that made them sound. Anyway, for your debunking pleasure, here's a short clip of Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) saying the whole notion is hogwash.



Rob