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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... -- A House Democratic aide, quoted by Politico, on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's attempt to force a compromise with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the economic stimulus package. ...

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Sister Toldjah — Note to the Politico: Would you please re-write this headline?

Too good to check: Reid and Pelosi at war over stimulus?
Hot Air » Top Picks — Too good to check: Reid and Pelosi at war over stimulus? posted at 7:50 pm on February 11, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The exciting Rashomon-like conclusion to Ed’s post about stimulus intrigue among the House Democrats. Why, oh why, would these two morons be playing dirty with each other when almost half the country’s already willing to replace Congress with a group of people picked out of the phone book ? I have no answer save this . According to a half dozen Congressional ...

Dems Bicker Behind the Scenes
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... It seems Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s stimulus compromise announcement might have been a tad premature, a fact that reportedly irked the most powerful woman in politics, Nancy Pelosi. “The speaker went through the roof,” a House Democrat told Politico, when she saw Reid’s alleged power play. ...

A Pair of Chuckling, Sneering Charlies Smirk and Laugh It Up About That $780 Billion Disaster
Patterico's Pontifications — Politico on today’s $780 billion stimulus deal: “[Senate Democrats] don’t know everything that’s in the bill,” said a laughing Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Ways and [Means] Committee. “So I’m afraid to go to that damned conference.” Above: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) yuks it up. I guess Charlie R. believes Chuckie S.:

Links for 2009-02-11 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... betting that America's economic ills can be cured by an extraordinary expansion of government. This tired approach has already failed repeatedly in the past year, in which Congress and the President: 1. Increased total federal spending by 11 percent to nearly $3 trillion; 2. Enacted $333 billion in "emergency" spending; 3. Enacted $105 billion in tax rebates; and 4. Pushed the budget deficit to $455 billion in the name of "stimulus." Did Reid roll Pelosi? Or did Pelosi Roll Reid? On Economic Stimulus Bill House Speaker ...

Reid Fucks Pelosi
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Politico: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid played a little high-stakes chicken with each other at the tail end of Wednesday’s shotgun stimulus talks. It’s not clear who won – or who blinked. According to a half dozen Congressional aides and members, Reid went before the cameras Wednesday to announce a stimulus deal before Pelosi had agreed on all the details of school construction financing. “It’s ruffled feathers, big time,” said a House Democrat speaking on condition of anonymity. “The ...

Here's the Outrage
Politics Daily — ... . I saw Wall Street jump all over Tim Geithner's un-plan with both feet, and finally, I saw both houses of Congress throwing dressing-room diva fits over the passage of the stimulus package. ...

links for 2009-02-12
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — GOP gubernatorial candidate Whitman outlines stands - Not Ready for Prime Time A day after launching her campaign for governor, former EBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman on Tuesday unveiled a sharply conservative approach to California's fiscal crisis and offered a fusillade of positions on other issues that are likely to complicate her run ...

Does it always have to be about "winners" and "losers"?
The Reaction — ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- "Did Reid roll Pelosi?" from Politico (2/11/09), or was it the other way around? Those from the House tell a different story than the one coming out of Senate sources, according to blogger Glenn Thrush: ...