John wrote earlier about the fact that a Gallup poll shows the public overwhelmingly siding with Democrats over the stimulus bill. Democracy Corps (an important Democratic polling firm) has a poll on the possible effect of the stimulus debate in contested House races: Voters in the 40 of the most competitive Democratic-held congressional districts favor …
Business groups to Republicans: vote for the damn stimulus already
I’ve been asking around a bit and everyone I’ve spoken to says that most business groups support the stimulus bill in the House (or even larger) form. That makes sense, because businesses do obviously want to avoid a prolonged recession. I wondered, then, why they’re not pushing Senate Republicans to vote for it. Well, it …
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Is Steele in trouble?
You may have seen this story already: Michael S. Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, arranged for his 2006 Senate campaign to pay a defunct company run by his sister for services that were never performed, his finance chairman from that campaign has told federal prosecutors. Federal agents in recent days …
Assholes
Here is an actual transcript of a conversation between a man, Paul Kelleher, and Bank of America when Keller called to tell B of A and his mother’s other creditors that his mother had died: Paul Kelleher: Yes, I’m calling to inform you that my mom died on the 24th of January. Bank of America …
Once in a lifetime
Ron Brownstein — the one political reporter I take seriously (and not just because of this) — has a good piece on the current political big picture: “No president in my lifetime has had this opportunity to fund public investments,” says Robert Reich, a University of California (Berkeley) public policy professor who advised Obama’s campaign. …
Reality
I wish we’d hear more of this from actual people — as opposed to tv-trons — about the economy (from yet another WaPo chat): Richmond, Va.: Just to keep it real, I’m a worker with a wife with cancer. I need to keep my job and my medical or lose everything. That’s the reality of …
Kings of the Stone Age
This is an interesting explanation of what’s gone on with the stimulus debate: The outcome is not surprising. Obama had roughly 90 people working at his headquarters on Internet outreach and new technology projects, observes Joe Trippi, a Democratic operative who broke new ground on modern campaigning during Howard Dean’s 2004 Democratic primary bid. Even …