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rasmussenreports.com - 1/28/2009

Most Say Tax Cuts Always Better Than Increased Spending

— rasmussenreports.com — Paul Krugman, last year's winner of the Nobel Prize for economics and a regular columnist for the New York Times, recently wrote that you should “write off anyone who asserts that it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending ... (more) Most Say Tax Cuts Always Better Than Increased Spending

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nytimes.com - 2/1/2009

Democrats Indicate Areas of Compromise on Stimulus

— nytimes.com — The broad outlines of how the Obama administration’s near-trillion dollar stimulus package may change in the Senate began to become visible on Sunday, with Democratic senators indicating that they would be open to considering Republican amendments to ... (more) Democrats Indicate Areas of Compromise on Stimulus

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twincities.com - 1/27/2009

Obama to GOP: No compromise on more tax cuts

— twincities.com — President Barack Obama rolled into the Capitol with a clear message for Republicans this afternoon: He's happy to talk, but he's not compromising on tax cuts. Obama was ready for the House Republicans to pounce, telling them: "Feel free to whack me ... (more) Obama to GOP: No compromise on more tax cuts

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Obama won't give the GOP more tax cuts
Political Animal — OBAMA WON'T GIVE THE GOP MORE TAX CUTS.... President Obama was on the Hill today, meeting with House Republicans on the economic stimulus package. When asked if the president was winning any GOP votes, one conservative House Republican who was in the room told the Politico , "Nope," adding that Obama " won't compromise on more tax cuts ." I'm not sure what definition of "compromise" the lawmaker was using, but the bottom line remains the same: the president's efforts to garner Republican support ...

Obama: 'No compromise' on Tax Cuts
Ace of Spades HQ — Obama: 'No compromise' on Tax Cuts Huh. This new era of bipartisanship and cooperation is starting to look pretty one-sided, isn't it? President Barack Obama rolled into the Capitol with a clear message for Republicans Tuesday afternoon: He’s happy to talk, but he’s not compromising on tax cuts. Obama was ready for the House Republicans to pounce, telling them: "Feel free to whack me over the head because I probably will not compromise on that part [tax cuts],” according to two sources in the room. One conservative House Republican who attended the hour-long closed door ...

Stimulus reportedly has $23 billion in useless GOP pork
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... it's only a tiny fraction of the whole bill."Yeah, $20 billion is just one of those things. The Republicans are railing against Democratic provisions of the stimulus bill, while we're quietly adding pork to keep them happy. Republicans don't do "happy." What they do do is smell, and prey on, weakness. At some points, Democrats need to start acting like they won the election - hell, they need to start acting like they won the 2006 election too. And actually, a report on Obama's meeting today with House Republicans shows that the GOP is out for blood, not ...

Aww: House GOP swoons over Obama after stimulus meeting
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... This would be the same meeting at which The One told them to get bent if they think he’s going to add any more tax cuts to the bill, inviting them to “whack me over the head” about it if it makes them feel better. Instead, ...

Obama Won’t Compromise on “Tax Cuts”
Nice Deb — ... but he’s adamant that the welfare spending is non-negotiable. The “tax cuts” in dispute are being described by Republicans as “welfare through the tax code”. ...

You Can Have My Answer Now, if You Like
If I Ran the Zoo — There are some intriguing tidbits coming out of today's meeting between Obama and the Congressional Republicans. Happily, I was able to track down a partial transcript: ...

Watching a smug Rep Mike Pence
Crooks and Liars — ... There are more Repubs on TV than I've ever seen. Rep. Mike Pence is smugly standing there on Hardball and denouncing the Democrats for not following Obama's call for kinship is nauseating. Their conservative ideas have caused this economic problem, but the media makes no mention of it. Now, back to the bipartisan weenie roast crying fest from the republicans. Here's what they said before Obama even met with them this morning: ...

"All Form, No Substance"
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — The Obama approach to the GOP in a nutshell . I don't see what the point is in going to meet with Republicans if all the President is going to do is say "no" to any and all requests for compromise. But it is educational to see how this divisive, partisan, and polarizing President lives up to all of the accusations that were made about his immediate predecessor in office.

President Obama and House Republicans
The Next Right — This is audacious spin: "President Barack Obama rolled into the Capitol with a clear message for Republicans Tuesday afternoon: He’s happy to talk, but he’s not compromising on his tax rebates for lower income households." "Obama's aides cast the visit as an outstretched hand — and it got slapped." Obama went to Republicans saying I'll talk, but I won't compromise.  Republicans went to Obama saying we'll talk, but we won't ...

Votes have consequences
Political Animal — VOTES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.... The White House has invested quite a bit of time and energy reaching out to congressional Republicans. Late yesterday, the president's efforts were rewarded with exactly zero GOP votes on an economic stimulus plan. As the Politico reported when Republicans announced their opposition, the minority party "slapped" Obama's "outstretched hand," as part of a "coordinated effort to embarrass" the president. We're starting to get a sense of how the White House ...