Tuesday, January 27, 2009

GOP to vote "no" on stimulus package anyway

Despite Obama outreach, it looks like the GOP will vote down the stimulus bill no matter what.

They'll nitpick it to death, then vote "no" in the end. Doesn't sound like a good reason for Dems to compromise if the GOP members aren't willing to vote for it in the end. Essentially, they want Obama to own the stimulus bill and hang it on him.

I'm not so sure that the GOP really has any political courage anymore, but I can't blame them too much on this. They simply can't bring themselves to work on a bill with which they disagree, and are doubling down on a long-lasting economic downturn in the hopes of blaming it all on the Dems and riding that to political victory.

Hmmm. Maybe I can blame them after all.

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