Senate Bailout Debate Scoring Rubrick

If you've been watching or have watched the US Senate's debate on the proposed economic bailout measure, here's how to score the speakers:
• +5 for saying you saw the credit crisis coming, unless you specifically did not.

• +3 for Democrats who invoke Barack Obama's hope for politicians "coming together" to solve the problem.

• +7 for expressing anger, disgust or any other extreme emotion over being forced into voting for such a socialist measure, and then voting for it.

• +20 for Republicans who vote no.

• -10 for not mentioning oversight or taking away CEOs' "golden parachutes."

• +3 for taking the blame off the free market and putting it on greedy Wall Street insiders.

• - 2 for spending most of your speech talking about how long you were on the banking subcommittee or related legislative body.

• EVEN for blaming the other party for not passing the legislation that could have prevented this crisis.

• +3 for saying "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac" at least five times in a speech.

• -3 for saying "Fannie Mac" or "Freddie Mae" at any time.

• +4 for wearing an American flag lapel pin during your speech.

• +3 for justifying going over your time limit because of "the severity of the crisis facing us."

• - 3 for not going over your time limit and diminishing the tension leading up to the vote.

• +5 for invoking the anger of "Main Street" Americans over the bailout of Wall Street.