It’s funny to me that people are speaking about the 2010 mid-terms as if the result wasn’t already baked in:
“I think that there is a real shot we are going to get slaughtered in elections this fall if we aren’t leading the efforts to reform Washington. We campaigned in ‘06 and ‘08, and if voters [...]
Yglesias:
Now I think the Obama administration is going to pay a price for not having acknowledged the problems with the stimulus bill they signed in January…If the administration felt that was the best they could get, then fine—you sign the bill and take what you can get. But they should have clearly and publicly articulated [...]
Bill Maher, Welcome Aboard, Chief!
“And, just like Lindsay, we see your name in the paper a lot, but we’re kind of wondering when you’re going to actually do something. Sorry, folks, but this president is not fighting for real health care reform. It’s nibbling that leaves insurance companies still running the show.
And the banks, [...]
Jane Hamsher on progressive activism:
The Bush administration and their wars gave fuel to the progressive movement in this country, no doubt. I was personally at a loss during the primary battles — from a movement perspective, I understood our job to be to hold fast to our principles and reward candidates for hewing to them [...]
Kos:
What have we seen the last few weeks? Democrats caving to GOP demands and inserting useless tax cut provisions to appease them. Then they vote en masse against the stimulus in the House. Meanwhile, Obama hands yet another cabinet post to yet another Republican, this one a right-wing small-government ideologue who voted to eliminate the [...]
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) (1/8/09):
“There’s only one thing we’ve got to do in this stimulus, and that’s create jobs. I’m a little concerned by the way Mr. Summers and others are going on this … it still looks a little more to me like trickle-down.”
Welcome aboard, Senator Harkin.
Update 7:30 PST: (NYT):
Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat [...]
Lawmakers and Financial Experts Question Obama’s Tax Cuts – WaPo (1/7/09):
At least two tax cuts that are part of Barack Obama’s stimulus package have been criticized by lawmakers, tax experts and economists for being potentially too expensive and ineffective, signaling that they are likely to face resistance on Capitol Hill as congressional leaders begin direct [...]
