Obama’s “bipartisan” “hopeful” rhetoric – in a nutshell
Sorry for the late start to the blogging, but it’s been a busy morning. I just updated the Hot Headlines section with five new stories from the morning news, FYI.
Tracking the stimulus bills
Two great sites to bookmark:
VIDEO: Lindsey Graham slams Obama, Democrats on stimulus bill
Say what you want about Senator Lindsey Graham. Though he’s irritated most of us more often than not, the stimulus bill is one area where most of us can agree with him wholeheartedly. Here he is on Shep Smith’s Studio B show on Fox earlier this afternoon, going off on Obama and the Democrats in the House and Senate who have larded up this bill with billions in spending that won’t create a single job:
Barack Obama …
… you’re in the middle of your first big test as President of these 57 states, with Senators and House reps from both parties duking it out over more tax cuts and big spending items in the stimulus bill you’ve said must pass in order to avoid certain catastrophe.
Monday open thread
Having a typical busy Monday. I’ll be back later.