By Jaketapper

Sep 26, 2008 11:06pm

Gridlock at the Capitol

Our report from tonight’s World News with Charles Gibson can be watched HERE.

- jpt

User Comments

We cannot let the Democrats divert asset sales toward 20% to Acorn and xxx La Raza…
McCain will make that happen.

Posted by: John | September 27, 2008, 12:02 am 12:02 am

McCain has the experience to Lead our country – obama does NOT.
The DEMS are responsible for all this mess – they took millions in profits -
Dodd & obama both are guilty.

Posted by: Molly | September 27, 2008, 12:14 am 12:14 am

And, once again, John McCain stayed to work at his job as Senator while Obama was playing partisan politics.
But, that shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Anybody But Obama/Biden…

Posted by: Jayhawk | September 27, 2008, 12:16 am 12:16 am

And, now, the Do-Nothing Democrats in Congress side with George W. Bush on the economic bailout…
The only ones with any backbone are the Republicans in Congress standing up to Bush and the Pelosi Politburo…
Anybody But Obama/Biden…

Posted by: Jayhawk | September 27, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am

If only Republicans had fought the Bush Administration for all those years instead of capitulating to their socialist agenda.
lol

Posted by: Leonard Peltier | September 27, 2008, 12:33 am 12:33 am

And, once again, John McCain stayed to work at his job as Senator while Obama was playing partisan politics”
LOL.
John McCain hasn’t made a vote in the Senate since April 8th and has missed over 410 votes this current session of Congress.

Posted by: Ryan C | September 27, 2008, 12:40 am 12:40 am

UPDATED WITH FINAL NUMBERS CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.
Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.
Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight. Thirty-two percent said their opinion of McCain got better.
Sixty-six percent of uncommitted voters think Obama would make the right decisions about the economy. Forty-two percent think McCain would.
Forty-eight percent of these voters think Obama would make the right decisions about Iraq. Fifty-six percent think McCain would.
We will have a full report on the poll later on. Uncommitted voters are those who don’t yet know who they will vote for, or who have chosen a candidate but may still change their minds.
The margin of sampling error could be plus or minus 4 percentage points for results based on the entire sample.

Posted by: Another Network but news nonetheless | September 27, 2008, 1:16 am 1:16 am

Bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran.
Ladies & Gentleman, I give you John McCain’s “responsible approach to foreign policy and saying things that may be wrongly interpreted.

Posted by: Ryan C | September 27, 2008, 1:20 am 1:20 am

CNN Poll of Debate Watchers:
Who won:
Obama: 51%
McCain: 38%

Posted by: Marie Stewart | September 27, 2008, 5:35 am 5:35 am

Don’t forget that like Obama, Gore won the instant polls after his first debate. If the media does its usual hatchet job, that perception may change. Obama came off as reasonable and rational and McCain came off as paranoid and afraid. However, there are alot of people who respond to fear mongering and subsequent events may color people’s perceptions of what actually happened.

Posted by: Mike | September 27, 2008, 8:43 am 8:43 am

ACORN is not a bad group they are out there trying to help people get the American Dream of Homeownership. If we let Main Street fall out and not provide the help then I do agree that we could go into a Depression. Main Street are the ones who keep the economy going that is why Barak Obama fights for them. Businesses and Rich folks don’t by the “average” things, it is us Middle Class! Do I think the Bailout is good only if they can do something for Mainstreet.

Posted by: Kristle | September 27, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am

Seems Congress is willing to go along with the Bush bailout plan. I wonder why? Would it not be be better to let the system collapse and start over from scratch. Why would Congress and the Democrats in particular, want to salvage a corrupt system? Something is wrong with this bailout situation. Maybe the FBI can shed some light before the election.

Posted by: independent | September 27, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Wall St and the rich Republicans are stealing from us. Wealth is being redistributed upwards. And now they are creating an “independent board” full of Bush cronies to oversee our money.
Dubya is a thief and a crook, worse than Nixon. And Pelosi and Reed are wimps.

Posted by: McHooverville | September 27, 2008, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

Who gets the foreclosed houses? If the banks are being being bailed out, then those houses belong to the taxpayers, not the bank.

Posted by: McHooverville | September 27, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

Re: “Thanks McCain for looking out for the tax payer in this crisis instead of pet special interests!”
McCain favors Wall St, not you. The Republican Party consist of Wall St crooks and ignorants who vote them into power.
And we normal people pay the price…

Posted by: McHooverville | September 27, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

So when the chips are down and we really need congress to step in an act…they can’t even come together long enough to do anything! Thanks Pelosi, Reid, Dodd, Frank, Obama …thanks a lot! You caused this mess and now your failure to act is just going to make it worse!

Posted by: Obama/Biden=welfare first | September 27, 2008, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

Hooverville:
If John McCain favors Wall Street so much, then why are the Democrat leaders in Congress (Pelosi, Reid, etc.)siding with George W. Bush on the Wall Street bailout?
If you think that you won’t pay for the billions of dollars that they want to “give” to Secretary Paulson to use at his discretion, you either don’t understand or are not paying attention.
Anybody But Obama/Biden…

Posted by: Jayhawk | September 27, 2008, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm

I’ve had enough!Jake Tappers’ “report” on the defeat of the $700b. bailout bill in the U.S. House of Represenatives was not complete in it’s explanations and biased in it’s conclusions. Tapper makes a big deal about the 66% of Republicans that voted against the bill and then shows a clip of Rep. Kennedy from Rhode Island blaming the Republicans for the defeat.If this bill was such a good idea why didn’t ALL of the democrats vote for it? Tapper didn’t mention ANYWHERE in his “report” that 44% of Democrats voted against the bill and that sealed it’s defeat. This whole charade has been orchestrated by the democratic leadership to try to put obama in a favorable light and give taxpayer dollars to groups that will help obama on election day.

Posted by: John | September 29, 2008, 7:11 pm 7:11 pm

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