Can Nancy Pelosi count?
Nancy Pelosi has come under a fair share of criticism for her partisan tirade leading up to the failed bailout vote today. I’ll grant you that that kind of partisanship is misplaced if you truly believe a national emergency is at hand, but I don’t believe for a minute that it swayed enough votes to turbo this bill. It comes down to this. Is Nancy Pelosi too stupid to count? Some right-wingers might think so, but I’m not buying it for a second. She can count votes, and she knew damn good and well this thing would go down in flames, IMO. But she also knew what a “House Rejects Bailout Plan” headline would do to stocks, and she knows that continued economic uncertainty and turbulence will benefit Obama in the upcoming election. She just handed the election to Obama on a silver platter.
