The Economist sees John McCain as one of the more prominent losers after yesterday's vote on the Hill. "The no vote was a big blow to George Bush, Hank Paulson, the treasury secretary, and Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman," Economist analysts write.
Nancy Pelosi picks up some blame for her "stupidly partisan speech shortly before the vote in which she poured scorn on the Republicans she is trying to court."
But John McCain is toast.
"The House vote also represented a stinging rejection of John McCain, the Republican nominee. Mr McCain suspended his campaign last week for two days, citing the financial crisis, and flew to Washington, DC, to help craft a solution to it. His main task was to persuade reluctant House Republicans to back their own president. In the event they voted against the deal made by their own leadership by two to one. The humiliation meted out to Mr McCain is intense."
