Many economists agree with Palin (and Bush) on this issue, although I'm reading A LOT of small differences about how much, how fast, and "with what strings attached."  Emotionally, I sympathize with the sentiment of allowing the giants to fail and bringing any relief directly to the masses.  But I suspect that underneath that, we don't really want to deal with the result of a total collapse of the current financial system.  This issue is not nearly as black-and-white as advocates on both sides would have us think.