Public Opinion 50-50 On Wall Street Bailout

I really liked this statement from Democratic congressman Paul Kanjorski about the feelings of the people who contact him about the planned Wall Street bailout, which he says is evenly divided:

"Calls to congressional offices are ``running 50 percent `no,' and 50 percent `hell, no. Out of 100 calls, you are lucky if one of them is positive."

The question is then why is it that only Ron Paul and perhaps a few others are taking an unequivocal stand against bailing out Wall Street? That seems like a sure vote winner in a election year.