Originally Posted by forrestlayne

Did you forget that is the Democrat controlled Congress that had to approve the "rescue plan"?

Also do not forgot that it was Obama's personal phone calls to several Dem members of the house of repesatives to change their vote to yes.

No, this was not the work solely of the Republican President..he got lots of help from a Dem. Congress.

I did fight against the bailout by calling emailing my Senators and Rep. My Rep.(Republican) did both times vote against the rescue pan.

ETA link
US House backs Wall Street bailout Democrats credit Obama with shifting vote

"On Thursday, Obama held a conference call with a group of freshmen Democratic House members to press them to support the bill. He reportedly made a strong pitch to members of the Congressional Black Caucus—which accounted for a dozen of the changed votes.

On Friday, a number of the 32 Democratic representatives who switched their votes to support the legislation cited Obama’s appeal in explaining their decision."