Writes David Franke:

This is significant. The closer their race for reelection, the more likely the congressmen were to vote AGAINST the bailout--whether Republican or Democrat. And look at the two notes at the end of his post: The Republican congressmen who were retiring, and therefore didn't have to face the voters in a few weeks, voted overwhelmingly FOR the bailout.

The people rule! (At least once in a while, for a while.)

And here's an important story you may have missed: Liberal Sen. Dianne Feinstein told McClatchy Newspapers that her office has heard from about 50,000 constituents since Congress began considering a bailout about a week ago--and "only one of a thousand supports it--whatever it is."

That would be approximately 50 out of 50,000 constituents supporting the bailout! Amazing!