Two Views on the Stimulus Package from Salon
From Joan Walsh:
I think Obama came out of the gate compromising too much with Republicans, and he admitted as much at his press conference last night. “Just in terms of the historic record here: The Republicans were brought in early and were consulted. Remember when we introduced our framework: They were pleasantly surprised and complimentary [...]
Advice to President Obama on How to Sell the Stimulus
From Joan Walsh at Salon:
Tuesday’s Tom Daschle news stepped all over President Obama’s stimulus sales campaign. Likewise, it kept me from writing about Robert Reich’s excellent Salon piece on the larger issues at stake in the stimulus battle, but I want to take it up today.
Reich said something Democrats almost never say: The so-called fundamentals [...]