latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/5/2009
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President Obama sounds mad.
During a visit to the Energy Department, Obama blasted Republican critics of his $900-billion stimulus package for suggesting more tax cuts, saying they are peddling “the same worn out ideas that led us here in the first place.”
Going through a list of ...
politico.com - 2/6/2009
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politico.com —
McCain criticizes the president for mocking the GOP
concerns over the massive economic stimulus package....
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McCain blasts Obama
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/8/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Claire McCaskill seems to be softening her line
on the Senate stimulus deal. She Tweets “Just saw...
Krugman’s comments on reduction in recov act. Question for him. Would no stimulus act be better than one thats 800 B instead of 900.” ...
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A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus
reuters.com - 2/2/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing opposition from Republican lawmakers
to parts of his economic recovery plan, President Barack...
Obama called Democratic Congressional leaders to a meeting on Monday to drive home his message of urgency. With hundreds of ...
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Obama calls meeting with top Democrats on ...
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America Says, “No Stimulus”. President Obama Replies, “Shut Up!”
The Sundries Shack —
obama-epicfail You know, I never hear anyone but progressives use language like this . These numbers that we are seeing are sending an unmistakable message and so are the American people. The time for talk is over. The time for action is now. Because we know if we do not act, a bad situation will become dramatically worse. Crisis could turn into catastrophe. That’d be our President, by the way, still peddling the fiction that the American people want his stimulus plan. They do not. They want the Republican tax cut plan. We’re near the end game and President Obama knows that ...
Friday Afternoon Your Turn: I've Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now
BAGnewsNotes —
... Although I'm constantly amused by the over-the-top images and juxtapositions leading The Huffington Post, I haven't really called one out before. This seemed particularly enticing though, especially for a Friday afternoon (in our new, post-partisan era).
Does it bring anything to mind for you?
McCain blasts Obama (Politico)
Obama blasts critics of stimulus: 'Time for talk is over' (LAT)
(h/t: KH)
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