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Republican Governors Press for Passage of Stimulus Package
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... Barbour said in an interview. “But I don’t know about the details and the strings attached to tell you if I’ll take all of it or not.” The most outspoken critic has been South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who has warned for months of a steep spike in inflation and a severely weakened dollar if Obama’s plan passed. His state is on track to receive $2.1 billion of the stimulus money; Sanford has not yet said whether he would accept it. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

Ultimate heart-ache: Palin supports the stimulus?
Hot Air » Top Picks — Ultimate heart-ache: Palin supports the stimulus? posted at 2:00 pm on February 1, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The same stimulus that head RINO John McCain opposes for its porkiness? Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the ...

One Republican Governor Might Just Stand Up And Say No To The Stimulus
Say Anything — ... unfortunately (they’re both going to take the money), but rather Mark Sanford of South Carolina: ...

Palin supports stimulus
Daily Kos — Of course she does. Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities. The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state's congressional delegation, ...

Party before country
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. ...

I'm going to resist the obvious comment about this
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... I can't wait to hear Evita Mooselini go touring the country promising to do for the rest of the country what she's done for Alaska. You betcha. And I can't wait to hear how she explains to Joe the Plumber that she supported the stimulus bill to make up for her colossal mismanagement of "her" state.