>In reaction to what happened to the bailout package which was rejected by the congress, I can't understand why American Politicians can't set aside politics for them to rescue America. These politicians are "free and brave" enough to see the downfall of a great nation that we lookup to. America is really the land of the free and the home of the brave...

I had the same feeling. I immediately thought they were putting partisanship and politics ahead of the wellbeing of this nation and in a sense, the world. Since then I've read a few articles on the problems with the plan and I may have been wrong. I'm not sure the wrong plan is better than no plan. Hopefully within the next few days a better plan will unfold out of this mess. One thing is for sure, they cannot do nothing indefinitely.