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robertreich.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
Why Republicans Won't Support the Stimulus
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Why are Senate Republicans (all, that is, except the lonely moderates Collins, Snowe, and Specter) nixing the stimulus package, as House Republicans did? Not because Obama failed to compromise -- he gave them the tax breaks they wanted, included a whopper for business. Not because Senate ...
washingtonpost.com - 2/8/2009
Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus Plan
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus ...

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washingtonpost.com - 2/9/2009
Arlen Specter - Why I Support the Economic Stimulus
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Arlen Specter - Why I Support the Economic Stimulus

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huffingtonpost.com - 2/14/2009
Specter: Republicans Support Stimulus, Don't Want 'Fingerprints' On It
— huffingtonpost.com — Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), who broke with his party to support President Obama's stimulus package last week,... said before the final vote Friday that more of his colleagues would have joined were they not afraid of the political consequences.  ... (more) Specter: Republicans Support Stimulus, Don't Want ...

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Daily Kos:  GOP, Like Rush, Sees Hope in Failed Stimulus

The Republic of T.:  Digest for February 9th through February 10th

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GOP, Like Rush, Sees Hope in Failed Stimulus
Daily Kos — ... Republicans see it as a good thing if only the unemployment rate stays high, if only enough businesses fail, if only enough people lose their homes to foreclosure, file for bankruptcy, have to tell their kids that the money they expected to have available to send them to college just isn't there anymore. Because, in their warped worldview, bad news for most of us is good news for transforming the Republicans' misfortunes into an electoral restoration. Robert Reich looks at it this way: Why are Senate Republicans (all, that is, except the lonely ...

Digest for February 9th through February 10th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for February 9th through February 10th: Crazy Pentecostal Pastor Blames Horrific Fires on Pro-Choice Laws - Fineman: New Orleans is Exhibit A for Stimulus - Feed Wall Street - Slam the Door on Compromise - Celebrate Freedom to Marry Week - Why Republicans Won't Support the Stimulus - You Have Been Poked By the CIA - ...

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House Republicans Want Senate Colleagues To Block Stimulus
huffingtonpost.com 2/4/2009 — House Republicans are pushing their Senate colleagues to stand unanimously against President Obama's stimulus package, as they themselves did in the lower chamber last week. "We are urging our Senate colleagues to join every House Republican in ...
What Can Republicans Do? Win.
thenextright.com 2/5/2009 — I have to disagree with the tenor of Jon's latest post . As Republicans, we are not doomed to losing every policy battle these next four years. Who could have imagined, for instance, that we'd come so far on the stimulus? The stimulus is now ...
Dem Aide: McCain, Lieberman And Kyl To Skip Stimulus Vote
huffingtonpost.com 2/5/2009 — The Senate is prepared for one of its most important votes in decades this weekend, whether to approve President Obama's economic stimulus package. Republicans are pushing back against Obama and Democrats are one vote short of the number needed to ...
Poll: Obama Way Ahead Of GOP On Stimulus
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/9/2009 — A new Gallup poll shows that President Obama is continuing to enjoy high approval in handling the economic stimulus debate -- and his brand is solidly beating the Congressional Republicans, too. The numbers: Obama has a 67% approval and only 25% ...