function ConnectionFailure(){
    document.getElementById("politicsblog").innerHTML = '<div>Error: Could not connect to Blogger.</div>'
}
function printQuote(){
    new Ajax.Request("/asp_rss2html/Politics.asp", {
    method: 'get',
    onSuccess: function(transport) {
        document.getElementById('politicsblog').innerHTML = transport.responseText;
},  onFailure: function(transport) {
        ConnectionFailure();
    }});
}
printQuote();