Ah, now I understand

It was Newt the whole time.  Andrea Mitchell reports (h/t Huffington Post) that it was Newt Gingrich's behind the scenes machinations that torpedoed passage of the bailout yesterday – typical behavior for the bloated egomaniacal irresponsible Newt. 

The thing that mystifies me is that Boehner placed the blame on Nancy Pelosi's speech, an epically stupid move oh his part, rather than laying the blame where it belonged.  Apparently he'd rather trash a Democrat, making himself and his party look stupid, arrogant, and heedlessly cavalier in the process, than call his back-stabbing buddy to account.   Gingrich may have destroyed Boehner's leadership position in the GOP yesterday, but Boehner seems afraid to call him on it.  However, apparently Newtie's antics did not please some in his own party, since they're discussing it so freely with the news media.

Be interesting to see how widely the corporate media covers this – I suspect it will get very little play.  I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but I don't think I will be.