talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/11/2009
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A bit counter-intuitive. But okay ...
From John Harwood's CNBC interview with Obama ...
President-elect Barack Obama confirmed to CNBC Thursday that he plans to lay out a roughly $775 billion economic stimulus plan but indicated that the amount could grow once it gets taken up by ...
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Everyone with a part to play
Political Animal —
... hawks, but maybe Rahm has pictures or something.) It's all just a guess, of course, but I simply don't believe that Kerry and Conrad are out there running at Obama from the left on their own. They just don't have it in them. They are staking out this position for negotiating purposes on his behalf. Maybe so. The notion that Obama is aiming deliberately low with the expectations that Congress will expand the size and scope of the package is not at all unreasonable. In fact, Obama hinted as much this week during an interview with CNBC's John Harwood: "We've seen ranges from ...
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