Public support for bailouts? Still negative

Matt Welch rounds up the latest poll numbers for and against bailing out struggling businesses "after two months of relentless scaremongering by the nation's elite politicians and journalists":

Like Dick Cheney, I don't believe in governing by poll. But that won't prevent me from taking heart in the fact that, once again, Americans seem to have more instinctive faith in capitalism and less enthusiasm for government blank checks than their elected representatives.

In the comments to that post, "Ed" suggests the obvious solution:

I still think we should sell the rust-belt states to Canada. They must be worth something.