Holy crap. 95 Dems and 133 Republicans voted against the bailout even with its 100 pages of fabric softening.

I said it may be impossible to do something of this magnitude in the peak of election season, but I didn't really believe that nothing at all would emerge from Congress.

So we may get definitive test analyses over the next ten years on whether America is still great, or soft and lazy and selfish.

We're going on a national diet and exercise program, folks.