And On The 7th Day, The Era Of Bipartisanship And Worship Did Pass From The Land

And not a moment too soon.

President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan.

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the discussion. Boehner told members that he's voting against the stimulus, and Cantor told the assembled Republicans that there wasn't any reason for them to support the measure, according to another person in the room. Cantor and his whip team are going to urge GOP members to oppose it.

In a nod to the president, Boehner did point out that this is the third time that Obama has met with Republican leaders, compared with the zero meetings they've held with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — a now-familiar refrain from Republicans in the House. But Obama’s diplomacy clearly isn’t buying any votes yet.

Now things might change after Obama visits Capitol Hill today, he does have amazing powers of persuasion you know, just ask him. Still it's definitely good policy and hopefully good politics to oppose this monstrous collection of so-called 'economic stimulus'.

One other good bit of news on the so-called 'stimulus' package*, Obama told House Democrats to drop Nancy's family planning money.

A couple of hundred million saved and Nancy gets a kick in the balls? Maybe this Obama guy isn't all bad after all.

*Being out of power means we get to use so-called and 'scare quotes' whenever we want!

posted by DrewM. at 11:34 AM

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