It's official. Words no longer have meaning.

A total of 96 House Democrats rejected the bailout bill. Nearly two-thirds of the GOP caucas in Congress also voted "No".

So, obviously the problem in Washington is "partisanship".

Just ask liberal democrat, Bob Beckel (via USA TODAY, 10/2).

Bob: If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't have believed it. The House of Representatives, with an approval rating just a tad better than child predators, reached the bottom this week and started digging. The Senate came to the rescue, and perhaps by week's end, the sausage grinder will have produced sausage. Even so, what we've seen is a staggering indictment of partisanship in Washington today.

Cal Thomas from the same column:

Lately, we've heard a lot of talk about bipartisanship — both John McCain and Obama made some very common-ground-type statements about the financial crisis, including talks this week with President Bush. Yet when it mattered most, venom spewed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's partisan tirade on the House floor — before Monday's vote, mind you — poisoned the well.

Meanwhile, those post-partisan savants - Hugh Hewitt & Rudy Guiliani - supplied some of the most enlightened analysis of the House rejection. Together, they were preaching the power of bi-partisanship.

From their gigglefest earlier this week.

Pelosi buckled, and with her went a trillion dollars in long accumulated wealth, nursed over decades into retirement accounts. Where was Obama? "Just trying to stay out of the battle," Rudy Giulianai told me yesterday about the Democratic nominee. "You know, 'Let me keep my skirts clean.'"

Hewitt is considered a sensible conservative by the Pearlstein-adoring MSM crowd, and Giuliani was, not-so-long ago, the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.

McSame validates GG's point today:

From the Boston Globe:

Asked why Obama has been rising as the Wall Street crisis has dominated attention, McCain said with a chuckle on Fox News Channel:

"Because life isn’t fair.”

“He certainly did nothing for the first few days," McCain added. "I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met with the House folks and got on the phone, and also had face-to-face meetings.”

Later in the same article:

He also seemed more criticial of debate moderator Gwen Ifill, who has come under criticism because she is writing a book featuring Obama.

Asked on Fox News Channel whether it would work to Palin's advantage because Ifill will be under scrutiny for any bias, McCain answered, “Frankly, I wish they had picked a moderator that isn’t writing a book favorable to Barack Obama. Let’s face it. But I have to have to have confidence that Gwen Ifill will handle this as the professional journalist that she is.”

“Life isn’t fair,/as I mentioned earlier in the program,” said McCain, who is scheduled to hold a rally later today in Denver.

The "surge" is now 21 months long...and counting.

Glenn-

The new mantra is that despite GOP control of the House since '94; the Senate for nearly all of that time and 8 years of George W. Bush- and in spite of GOP Big Daddy Alan Greenspan running The Fed like a drunken sailor and the de-regulation philosophy of SEC Chairman Chris Cox; and the evidence supplied by practically every actuarial and real estate analysis that the Housing Bubble began in about March of 2005 - this is EVERYONE's fault.

So, I think you, the leftist bloggers, poor folks, Barney Frank/Chris Dodd and minorities should get the same amount of blame as those people cited above.

The government just forked over $700 billion to bail out the financial institutions. California just asked for a $7 billion loan in order to pay their bills due to bond market freezing up. Unemployment continues to rise.

And the coming week(s) figure to be a tumultous time for Wall Street.

So check out the lineups on SERIOUS Sunday shows.

FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace will interview Senator Joe Liebermann, Claire McCaskill and Karl Rove.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos talks to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D), Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R), Florida Senator Mel Martinez (R), and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D).

Meet the Press (NBC): There will be something involving NBC News' Chuck Todd, GOP strategist Mike Murphy, Paul Begala, NBC News' David Gregory, Gwen Ifill, Peggy Noonan, and David Yepsen of Iowa's Des Moines Register.

Face the Nation (CBS):Host Bob Schieffer has California Senator Dianne Feinstein and Michigan Governor Jen Granholm.— plus Representatives Heather Wilson and Roy Blunt.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer talks to McCain economic adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer, Rahm Emanuel and Marsha Blackburn, Mike Bloomberg.

Not included on any of these shows is an economist. Or even one person with any expertise regarding the status of the financial markets. Nothing but horserace Presidential journalism.

It just further illustrates the contempt in which the MSM has toward its viewers and the American public.

Freeeeddoommm!!!!

Did he win some kind of prize like business writer Steve Pearlstein did?

BTW, for those keeping score, the DOW is still down over 400 points since Prize winning business writer Steve Pearlstein penned his now infamous "Ode To President Paulson."

Serious question(s).

Since Prize-Winning business writer Steve Pearlstein thumped his chest quite proudly on Tuesday based on his support for President Paulson's Magnificent bailout plan after the DOW spiked over 11-percent on Monday, will he now pen a piece in tomorrow's Post criticizing the antithesis of President Paulson's Plan - the Gordon Brown, International Banking Socialisation Plan (i.e. the one he dishonestly & indirectly "supported" on Tuesday)?

I wonder because the Dow has now dropped 440...oops, 46-oops...490 points thus far today.

Will Pearlstein now direct his "wisdom" and ire at the ill-conceived Brown Plan in tomorrow's Post?

Just wondering.

...Dow Down 733, Pearlstein Blames Lefty Bloggers. Ayers Seen With Smile at 4:01 p.m. Broder says, "Dems/GOP Should Share Blame.''