Why Obama's stimulus bill won't be ready on Day 1. - Washington, D.C, White House '08

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slate.com - 1/6/2009

Why Obama's stimulus bill won't be ready on Day 1.

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Washington officials can't say for sure how many people are coming to town for Barack Obama's inauguration. Estimates have ranged from 2 million to 4 million. Perhaps the confusion lies in figuring out how many are coming to see his swearing-in and how many are lining up to get their share of the coming stimulus package. [ more ... ]

time.com - 1/9/2009

Will Obama's Stimulus Package Work?

— time.com — How do you stimulate a stumbling economy? For decades, the consensus among economists was that this was... a job best left to the Federal Reserve and to such automatic fiscal stabilizers as unemployment insurance. Passing laws in Congress to cut taxes ... (more) Will Obama's Stimulus Package Work?

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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/9/2009

Earmarks and the Stimulus Bill

— corner.nationalreview.com — Count me as unimpressed by Obama's pledge to keep the stimulus bill free of earmarks. I get... why Obama is doing it--it's important symbolically and some Republicans seem to believe opposition to earmarks is the sine qua non of conservative economic ... (more) Earmarks and the Stimulus Bill

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Transition News 1/06
The Stump — Obama courts Congress on his stimulus plan. Leon Panetta's expected nomination as CIA director is met with mixed reviews. Marc Ambinder interviews Tim Roemer, who offers a case for Panetta. Who's the blame for the Bill Richardson flap? Bill Richardson's return to New Mexico isn't thrilling everyone in Santa Fe--even some Democrats. Eliot Spitzer says Obama is planning bridges to nowhere, while John Dickerson says the PEOTUS is too slow on the stimulus. What could an Obama ...

Remainders: Rahm's rabbi
Ben Smith's Blog — Mike Lux soothes the left regarding Obama appointments. Steve Coll makes the case against Panetta. Chris Nelson has the State Department job chatter, which includes Princeton's Anne-Marie Slaughter. Tom Geoghegan thrills the intellectual left. A Firedoglake blogger wonders if there's a loophole in Obama's Blago report, regarding Rahm's contacts. (A spokesman didn't return my email on the subject.) Dickerson writes that the question isn't whether the stimulus passes, but whether Obama spends or gains ...

Robert L. Borosage: The Price of Consensus: Obama and congressional Republicans
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... President elect Obama is calling for "swift and bold" action on his "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan" to stop the hemorrhaging of the economy. He also wants to change the way Washington does business, "turn the page" on the petty partisanship of the last decades. He's said to want "substantial Republican votes" for the plan. Politico ...