America has let you off the hook Democrats

What's the biggest advantage to being a timid opposition party that gets steamrolled whenever it doesn't have the temerity to capitulate? What's the biggest advantage to being perceived as knockneed weaklings? When shit goes cockeyed the American people know it wasn't your fault because you never got your way.

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks — one factor that may have contributed to an apparent increase in Barack Obama’s edge over John McCain in the race for the White House.

In the new survey, released Monday afternoon, 47 percent of registered voters questioned say Republicans are more responsible for the problems currently facing financial institutions and the stock market, with 24 percent saying Democrats are more responsible. One in five of those polled blame both parties equally, and 8 percent say neither party is to blame.

Oh sure, you deserve scorn for not standing up to this shit when you could have stopped the mess, but it wasn't your idea in the first place. Build yourself a statue.