dailykos.com - 1/12/2009
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Paul Krugman argues for a bolder, larger economic recovery plan than the one offered by President-Elect Obama, and asks the following question: Why isn’t Mr. Obama trying to do more? As it turns out, Obama himself was asked this very same question on Wednesday, by CNBC's John Harwood. ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has been a
frequent critic of President-elect Obama. During the primary season,...
he faulted Obama for saying there is a Social Security “ crisis ,” refusing to adopt a mandate in his health care ...
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Obama: ‘If Paul Krugman has a good idea…then we’re going ...
mediamatters.org - 1/11/2009
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mediamatters.org —
The conservative punditocracy that has spent the past
eight years propping up a president who gave us...
an illegitimate war and leaves us with an almost unimaginably bad economic crisis apparently grows weary of defending this spectacular failure of a ...
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Media Matters: Conservative media peddle a raw deal
americanprogress.org - 1/12/2009
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americanprogress.org —
By Will Straw | January 7, 2009 View
an infographic on four reasons why we can't afford...
not to have a stimulus The U.S. economy is facing its most serious economic challenge since the Great Depression. Companies shed 2 million jobs in 2008 alone and ...
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The Case for Economic Stimulus
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1/12: Pressure From The Left
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... 's conviction that Obama's stimulus package, as currently proposed, isn't large enough to rejuvenate the economy: Daily Kos ' Jed L encourages his readers to make their voices heard: "If, like Krugman, you support a larger, bolder economic recovery package, then now is the time to make sure your voice gets heard. This isn't just a test of Obama and Congress -- it's also a test of how well we can continue the push for change from the outside, and the conditions are ripe. Obama has already signaled his willingness to go larger, and Congress ...
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About that cash... —
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