Papers Frothing Over 'No' Vote Editorials mostly disparage Congress, Administration By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Sep 30, 2008 10:33 AM CDT Copied A man in London sells newspapers with front page picture and stories regarding Congress' failure to pass the billion plan, Sept. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) As Monday’s “no” vote resounded down Wall Street, editorial writers across the country fired up their typewriters. Here’s what the country’s top papers are saying: Congress earned its 10% approval rating yesterday, the Wall Street Journal says, particularly Nancy Pelosi —“Tom Delay without the charm” —and the House Republicans she so tragically offended. “This crowd can't even make sausage.” The New York Times lambastes Republicans for submitting a “no” vote “rooted less in analysis or principle than in political posturing and ideological rigidity.” Ultimately, the LA Times writes, the bailout failed thanks to a “lackluster sales job” from the administration, which failed to convince America of the plan’s merits. But forget blame; if Paulson and Bernanke say the sky is falling, it is. Pass the plan. But the Chicago Tribune defended the bailout. “Your government did the right thing,” the Tribune says. “It sent a message of tough love from American taxpayers.” (More bailout stories.) Report an error