GOP Govs Back Econ Recovery/Reinvestment Act
Ready fire aim.
All the "leading lights" - Jindal, Crist. Palin's lobbying McConnell this weekend. The single most important parts of the package are those which provide countercyclical help to states and localities in every state now in the grips of serious budget crises.
GOP govs break with party over stimulus
Most support economic plan that got no Republican votes in U.S. House
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Unlike Congressional Republicans, governors are wrestling with real issues. They have to pay the bills. They've responded constructively to Obama's call for engagement and dialogue, and I believe most see him responding in kind.
Sanford's effort to position himself as an outlier is a shame, albeit a predictable one. His singular focus on turning South Carolina into an economic and political backwater has taken him out of the conversation.
As a do-nothing governor who has made do-nothing government the cornerstone of his agenda, I'm sure he wouldn't have it any other way.
February 1, 2009 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
This was a good post. Good article. This takes me back fifteen years or so (I think) That is the breach between rep govs and a rep Congress.
"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a former member of the House, said he would accept the stimulus money but would have voted against the bill if he were still in Congress."
Mighty humble of him, huh?
February 1, 2009 7:58 PM | Reply | Permalink