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New York Times columnist Bob Herbert asks the age-old question: Why does anyone listen to the GOP? While the answer is still that we all do because it's hard to ignore the wail of a siren, Herbert ticks off a list of why we shouldn't that our lawmakers would do well to heed. Obama ramped up bipartisan efforts yesterday, even though the GOP is irrelevant. There's a new sheriff in town and he wants transparency and good reporting from institutions that received federal bailout dough. Newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner hits the ground running. Watch Rachel Maddow and David Sirota discuss the stimulus package: Anti-gay gay megachurch ...
The Inevitable Conflict Between Sound Policy and Washington "Bipartisanship"
Open Left - Front Page —
I appeared on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night at the top of the show to discuss the legislative wrangling over the economic recovery package - and why Democrats seem so interested not in passing the bill, but in attracting the majority of the Republican Party to support it. You can watch the clip here.
Rachel and I discussed a question that I asked a few weeks ago: When it comes to the economic recovery package, how much should taxpayers have to pay for political aesthetics? As I noted back then, the Obama administration concedes to reporters that it could pass an economic recovery package right now, without making any policy concessions ...
David Sirota: Economic Stimulus Bill: Sound Policy vs. D.C. "Bipartisanship"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
I appeared on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night at the top of the show to discuss the legislative wrangling over the economic recovery package - and why Democrats seem so interested not in passing the bill, but in attracting the majority of the Republican Party to support it. You can watch the clip here.
Rachel and I discussed a question that I asked a few weeks ago: How much should taxpayers have to pay for political aesthetics? As I noted back then, the Obama administration concedes to reporters that it could pass an economic recovery package right now, without making any policy concessions to Republicans, such as substituting ...
