The republicans supported the first bail out in some cases
So did the Democrats, whats your point?
and then refused to support the second one.
Funny, I recall several Democrats in the senate and around10 in Congress who refused to support this bill. Am I missing something here or is hypocrsy your second language?
To me that's playing politics, not having faith in your convictions.
Tell that to President Obama who said there would be n lobbyist in his admnistration and who chose to pick people who avoid paying taxes.
Also amusing how with many things done under Bush's term the republicans (and frequently Bush) are absolved of most blame, and instead it's the senate/house's fault.
That would be because this is a Check and Balance Gov't and the Senate and Congress have just as much to blame as Bush does. Not that i would expect someone like you to grasp the concept of check and balances, you all think Bush ran the whole country all by himself.
Either being the president confers meaningful power (and hence responsibility+accountability) or it doesn't.
So what you are saying is if this bailout fails, we can blame the whole thing on Obama and give Congress and the Senate a pass?
You can't have one rule for Bush and a different one for Obama.
Not sure what you are talking about. We all know those in Congress (all but the Republicans and 10 Democrats or so) and those in the Senate in favor of this new bailout crap will be to blame but Obama will take the brunt of it because he is the one showing his face on tv screaming how the Republicans are not being bipartisan, all while ignoring the few Democrats in Congress and those in the Senate against the current bill.
But what can I expect from people who believe their party members could do no wrong and that any choices they make they are doing the right thing, even if it looks a lot like what the Republicans are doing.