Reply #5: Here's to you old codger. From another old codger. You're right to a degree. A lot of them were [View All]

[bertman]

feeling the heat, which helped them to see the light, so to speak. However, as a new thread points out, the "ayes" were more heavily subsidized by the financial industry. I have a feeling that once a few calls are made and some promises of campaign funding get negotiated, we'll be seeing the conversion of the 13 "no's" that are needed for BIG MONEY to get what they want.

Frankly I was shocked that it failed. But glad that it did. As much as I hate to say it, my beloved Democratic party is becoming so corporatist that I am afraid I'll have to vote for Obama then jump ship-unless there's some major change in the Democratic leadership that I don't foresee.