Poll: Nevada voters blame GOP for bailouts

All in all, I would say that in spite of the bailout situation, the fact that McCain still leads 46%-45% in Nevada is positive for the GOP. And I think the fact that that Senator McCain hails from Arizona is of no small benefit to him in this region, too.

I blame the GOP also. Deregulation has been the byword for decades. McCain''s top aid, Rick Davis took over 2 million $$$ in lobby fees from Freddie and Fannie. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/0 9/22/us/politics/22mccain.html?_r=1&oref =slogin&ref=politics&pagewanted=print

Deregulation had nothing to do with it. In fact, deregulation was more beneficial to the middle class than without it. I once heard a saying regarding the left-wing and the right-wing in politics that "the crooks all meet in the middle". Meaning, I guess, that if you are going to circumvent the law or cheat the system, it makes no difference if you are Republican or Democrat. All the crooks and the corrupt in government need to go to jail---all of them, no matter what affiliation. Personally, I think government itself is at fault.

NYT.. jeeze, why not the National Enquirer? Bottom line is greed. It comes in all colors and political persuasions. Fire all of them start over. Deregulation is fine, accountability is paramount. I'm not sold on the partial nationalization of the banking system in this Country.

What a stupid article. I guess the other 49 states don't count? 600 hundred "likely" voters? Suffolk University? How did this even make it to the national page.

Crenshaw - Because the National Enquirer has a better track record. Osama Angry - The problem was not deregulation. The problem was lack of regulation at the source of the problem. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. You can thank Dodd and Frank, both Democrats for blocking regulation and reform of those two. Greenspan outlined the issues and the risk when he said both were putting our entire financial system at peril. McCain tried to pass a bill in 2005 to address the concerns Greenspan raised. The bill was killed by Dodd and Frank. Now they have just about killed the financial system with it. But luckily Dodd got his "VIP" loan before the Dems killed the system. I wonder if that is one of the loans we taxpayers just assumed.