Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man

From what I gather it was 13 republicans who said they would vote for it changing their mind when it was time to vote. I'm curious why they would yank their support like that.


Besides the fact that their switchboards were flooded with constituents opposed to the bailout?

But let's not obscure the fact that, if 40% of the Democrats hadn't voted no, the question of thirteen Republicans wouldn't be an issue.

This was defeat was bipartisan. Both democrats and republicans opposed it.