mediamatters.org - 2/2/2009
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WaPo , please define "too late" The Post's hand-wringing editorial about Obama's stimulus package insists the president needs to do more to placate Republicans; he needs to make more cuts in order to win their bipartisan support. (Why? Is legislation passed without Republican support ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/28/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
One big question in the stimulus discussion is
how much we should be worried about lags in...
implementation. Every economics textbook - mine too! - warns that stimulus based on public spending has a habit of peaking much too late, and therefore ends up ...
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How late is too late?
thehill.com - 2/2/2009
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thehill.com —
A number of senators from across the ideological
spectrum staked out varying positions on the House-passed economic...
stimulus bill, but all agreed on one point: the bill will change before it gets to President Obama. On the first round of Sunday talk ...
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Senators predict stimulus bill will change
politics.theatlantic.com - 2/4/2009
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politics.theatlantic.com —
Just 15 years ago, President Clinton's $16.3 billion
economic stimulus package was backlogged in the Senate because moderate...
Republicans and Democrats refused to go along with roughly $12 billion in new spending. Like Obama, ...
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The Future Of The Stimulus
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Progressive Breakfast: Senate's Turn on Econ Recovery
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Media Matters slaps W. Post editorial board after it pinned blame on Obama for having "controversial provisions removed [from the economic recovery bill], but too late to win over Republicans." ...
Even though the years won't be kind
The Sideshow —
... The Washington Post isn't fooling me - the only way they'll be satisfied with any bill that comes out of Congress is if it's a bill the conservatives would have written on their own. Then it will be "bipartisan. ...
Boehlert: Obama, the press, and the “bipartisan” trap
The Hollywood Liberal —
... right now. Why on earth would Obama veto his own legislation, thereby delaying the potential recovery? If nothing else, though, Todd’s absurd query helped highlight the unheard-of double standard that’s been constructed by the press specifically for the new Democratic president with regard to the pressing issue of bipartisanship. Virtually all the news accounts are stressing the same story: If there’s little or no bipartisan support for Obama’s stimulus package, then it’s Obama fault, and ...
Bipartisanship and the Media
Shakesville —
... Virtually all the news accounts are stressing the same story: If there's little or no bipartisan support for Obama's stimulus package, then it's Obama's fault, and ...
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