From Johnny Dollar, Karl Rove asks “What as the Speaker Thiniking? [1]” Alos note that Barack Obama close allies in the House vooted no. Maybe BO shoud have been working the phones, Johnathan Martin [2]:
More members of the Congressional Black Caucus, whose heavily black districts include many of Obama’s most ardent supporters, opposed the bill than supported it.
Few of these members are in, or will ever have, tough re-elections.
Obama, it seems, could have helped deliver some of these votes if he had been more invested in the bill
If Barack Obama had supported the bailout, it would have passed. Jesse Jackson Jr, would not have voted against a bill that BO supported. This bill could have been easily passed. Whether is should have passed in an altogether different question.