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To: Road Walker who wrote (454538)	2/6/2009 10:24:46 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573413

RE:"So what should Mr. Obama do? Count me among those who think that the president made a big mistake in his initial approach, that his attempts to transcend partisanship ended up empowering politicians who take their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. What matters now, however, is what he does next. It’s time for Mr. Obama to go on the offensive. Above all, he must not shy away from pointing out that those who stand in the way of his plan, in the name of a discredited economic philosophy, are putting the nation’s future at risk. The American economy is on the edge of catastrophe, and much of the Republican Party is trying to push it over that edge." He's expecting a rock to be able to swim. A leopard to be able to change his spots. Unlikely...

To: Road Walker who wrote (454538)	2/6/2009 10:27:26 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573413

spouting all the old clichés about wasteful government spending and the wonders of tax cuts. I reject the notion tax cuts caused people to borrow more money than they could afford and get upside down in their homes. It was congress and it's helpful push to change sound banking policies.

To: Road Walker who wrote (454538)	2/6/2009 10:29:09 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573413

RW, Krugman is showing his partisanship again, seemingly preferring a far from perfect "stimulus" bill loaded with pork to giving Republicans any smell of political victory. These Nobel Prize laureates are fast becoming caricatures of themselves ... Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (454538)	2/6/2009 11:41:18 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573413

Would the Obama economic plan, if enacted, ensure that America won’t have its own lost decade? Not necessarily: a number of economists, myself included, think the plan falls short and should be substantially bigger. But the Obama plan would certainly improve our odds. And that’s why the efforts of Republicans to make the plan smaller and less effective — to turn it into little more than another round of Bush-style tax cuts — are so destructive. So what should Mr. Obama do? Count me among those who think that the president made a big mistake in his initial approach, that his attempts to transcend partisanship ended up empowering politicians who take their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. What matters now, however, is what he does next. Did you hear Obama's comments to the Dems last nite? He told the Rs what he thought of their BS. It wasn't pleasant. Fukk bipartisanship until the Rs grow up.