Although they may be a little late given developments in the Senate, 57 percent of Americans want Congress to start from scratch in putting together a Wall Street bailout bill, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Sept. 30. Twenty percent favor a bill similar to the one that was defeated, 14 percent want no bill at all and 10 percent have no opinion.

Breaking it down along party lines, 61 percent of Democrats, 59 percent of Republicans and 51 percent of independents want to see lawmakers come up with a new plan.