From: Travis Subject: CaglePost: The Worst of Both Worlds Date: Friday, October 3, 2008,
[image: THE CAGLE POST] <http://caglepost.com/> Would you like to reprint our cartoons on your site or in your publication? It's easy! Visit us here <http://politicalcartoons.com/>. * <http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx>* Cartoon by Eric Allie<http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/allie.asp>- Comment on the cartoon<http://caglepost.com/cartoon.aspx?id=C78023D4-E3F8-4D20-A865-23BE8FA36C23> We have a great collection of cartoons called "Bailout Bust!" LOOK!<http://cagle.com/news/WallStreetBailoutBust> *The Worst of Both Worlds*<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Steve+and+Cokie+Roberts/8018/The+Worst+Of+Both+Worlds.html> by Steve and Cokie Roberts<http://www.caglepost.com/c/66/Steve+and+Cokie+Roberts.html>- Comment on the column<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Steve+and+Cokie+Roberts/8018/The+Worst+Of+Both+Worlds.html> If we wanted a lesson in what's wrong with Congress, the House of Representatives delivered it loud and clear in the initial rejection of the Wall Street bailout package. The country is getting the worst of both worlds -- politicians who are almost impossible to defeat but who run from their own shadows. One of the advantages of a safe seat should be that a lawmaker will do the right thing, even when it's unpopular. Not so with this Congress. Take a look at the breakdown of the votes against the plan supported by the Bush administration and congressional leaders of both parties: Aside from a handful of members who are in tough re-election campaigns this November, the naysayers were conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. These are members who won their last elections by anywhere from 20- to 90-point margins. But the warnings about dire consequences to the economy coming from the president, the speaker, the treasury secretary, the majority and minority leaders, the head of the Federal Reserve and, eventually, the nominees of the two political parties didn't move them. Instead, they responded to the streams of e-mails flowing into their offices, many of them generated by conservative talk-radio hosts and liberal Internet bloggers. No wonder the congressional approval rating rests so low. If George W. Bush has the highest disapproval rating in history (70 percent in the most recent ABC News poll), he can take some comfort from the fact that Congress scores even worse -- 75 percent in a poll average by RealClearPolitics.com. Pandering to the angriest voices in the electorate doesn't impress the majority of voters. The president's low ratings made his leadership on even this vital economic issue ineffectual. He can't provide cover for Republicans who might have rallied round had Bush been in a stronger political... *READ MORE<http://www.caglepost.com/column/Steve+and+Cokie+Roberts/8018/The+Worst+Of+Both+Worlds.html> * Follow Daryl each day on Twitter at: twitter.com/dcagle<http://twitter.com/dcagle> [image: Visit the newest cartoons by all of our cartoonists!]<http://caglepost.com/ticker.aspx> ------------------------------ *TO UNSUBSCRIBE (Do Not Reply): email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or CLICK HERE<http://list.caglepost.com/unsubscribe.aspx> . Copyright Cagle Cartoons Inc, Columns and cartoons copyright the respective cartoonists and columnists. All Rights Reserved.* -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
