Posted by
Always To The Right on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 12:00:21 PM
Karl Rove on
the John Gibson Show yesterday: While the vote was being made, I was
listening to Chris Van Hollen, chair of the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, speaking on National Public Radio, who was
basically saying that we're going to use this issue against the
Republicans in the fall. . . . Go
Rove noted Frank failed to persuade one of his own subcommittee chairs on the banking committee, Serrano of New York, who voted 'no.'
Rove
finds three Democrats from Chicago — Jesse Jackson Jr., Bobby Rush, and
Daniel Lipinski — who voted no, wondering where the heck the world's
most famous Chicago Democrat was. Rove rattles off several other House
Democrats who are strong Obama backers.
I am now persuaded by
this. If voting "yes," is political suicide, Pelosi can't let her
Democrats go and reap the benefits of a non-disastrous economy, and
beat the Republicans up for making the hard call. She's the speaker,
she controls the chamber. You can't say, "vote for this bill, it is
necessary" and "we will target any Republican who votes for this bill"
at the same moment.