Shall we throw them out?

To all the representatives who voted against the bailout plan... thanks for nothing.

We're watching the market drop now. We know you didn't want your constituents to be angry with you right during - you know - your election campaign. Why? Because you need your job. But your constituents - not all of whom have vast economics knowledge - need their jobs, too, and there's a good chance many of them will lose those jobs during the next year or more.

Here's the roll call for today's vote, so each of us can decide whether our specific elected officials deserve to get on the unemployment lines or toddle back to their seats in Washington.

Meantime, the rest of will redouble our efforts to pay for fuel, put our kids through school and maybe start (once again) saving for retirement.

This is the opinion of a voter, business owner (generally a bit of a free-market capitalist, but I know when to make exceptions), parent, investor, and citizen. And in each of those roles, I am sad, disappointed and, at the moment, disgusted with the House of Representatives. I wish we had heroes. I wish we had good leaders.