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...When asked if McCain would be hurt if the bill did not win a majority, Boehner on Sunday night snapped, "That's irrelevant." Since McCain "suspended" his campaign, the polls have been swinging Obama's way. McCain tied Obama in the Gallup and Rasmussen Daily tracking polls early last week, but Obama has since opened up his widest leads of the race in both surveys, ahead by 8 and 6 percentage points, respectively. But even if most House Republicans wind up supporting the bill, the legislation is beginning to feel like the White Elephant every one is looking to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bailout Bill That Nobody Likes | 9/29/2008 | See Source »

...Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - argued that as painful as it would be to commit such an unprecedented amount of taxpayer money to cleaning up Wall Street's mess, the price of not doing it would be even greater, because the crisis would spread to hurt ordinary businesses and their workers. Supporters of the plan argued that the only way to keep the financial system operating was to have the government buy the junk assets in order to take them off the balance sheets of the banks that now hold them. Congressional leaders of both parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bailout Defeated, Blame Flies, Wall Street Tanks | 9/29/2008 | See Source »

...charged to the microphones to blame Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the defeat, saying that at least a dozen of their members switched their votes because they were offended by the partisanship of a speech she gave on the House floor. Democrats scoffed at that excuse. "Think of this: Somebody hurt my feelings, so I am going to punish the country," said House Banking Committee chairman Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who had been one of the chief negotiators of the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bailout Defeated, Blame Flies, Wall Street Tanks | 9/29/2008 | See Source »

...surface, and, despite the fact that the team arrived a day early to acclimate itself to the turf, it was still a handicap. “Our main obstacle in the game was playing on a different field turf,” McVeigh said. “That really hurt our team, because it’s something we aren’t used to.” Ultimately, the Crimson recorded more shots, 11-9, and more penalty corners, 7-4, than its opponent but still failed to score. The offense has scored only two goals in its last...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Offensive Woes Hand Crimson First Ivy Loss | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

...also that one thing that you can find that ray of light,” Estes said. “And that was that missed extra point, [that] was huge, because you say to yourself, that will come back to haunt them.”It would not have hurt the Crimson so badly had it not been for the numerous blunders of the second and third quarters. Brown got on the board early in the second to cut the lead to 13-7 with 10:30 remaining thanks to a 25-yard connection from quarterback Michael Dougherty to receiver...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tripped Up | 9/28/2008 | See Source »

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