But personally, I'm not giving any member of the House of Representatives a pass on this situation. Pelosi is a disaster in the House, as is Reid in the Senate. The various "leaders" who negotiated the package that was defeated at least came together to come up with something that they found acceptable. But then the leadership couldn't deliver the votes. Their hope was that both parties could deliver a narrow majority and get the bill passed. The Democratic leadership did their part, getting a 60% majority. But the GOP leadership, which one has to say includes an incumbent President as well as John McCain, completely misread their members and couldn't get the majority needed.

I'm not being partisan with the above statement. Those are simply the facts of the vote. As far as I'm concerned ALL members of the House ought to be voted out of office, giving the country a chance to start over. Probably the Senate, as well.

The framers of the Constitution designed a beautifully efficient model for governance. But they're all probably rolling in their graves seeing what they designed so completely defiled by partisan extremists on both sides.