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> U.S. Financial Rescue Plan Wins Slim Public Support
> Republicans and Democrats mostly agree passage was a good thing
Yes but, as you would ordinarily be the first to point out, the polls yield quite different results based on alternative wordings of the question. This article speaks of a 'rescue' package. Secondly, it's far easier for the public to 'get behind' a policy that is a fait accompli. Particularly when not only the US media but most of the global media is relaying relentless propaganda insisting that it is a necessary step, and that there's no time to do better (the currency of urgency being crucial to all ransom note operations).