When it comes to the mixed up Senate GOP messages out there at the moment about the stimulus bill which Josh posted about, I would point out that the contradictory and cross-purpose arguments from their side on the stimulus bill is just a continuation of what they House GOP have done from the get-go on this bill. They simultaneously argue that their is not enough "traditional" infrastructure spending and how long it will take to spend out (how many times have they trotted out the bogus 3% on transportation spending figure?) and at the same time rail against the fact that there needs to be more tax cuts since that (in GOP world) is the only legitimate way to get money into the economy quicker than project spending.

So at their core, they are screaming out of both sides of their mouths.

If you spend more on construction and infrastructure projects, they bleat about tax cuts and the length of time it takes the money to spend out, and also that somehow money spent on infrastructure building and refurbishment doesn't create jobs (which Josh rightly pointed out yesterday is patently absurd)...

...yet if you spend money on tax cuts (which are in their in a big way for middle and low-income people) they scream that this is not an infrastructure bill and that somehow tax cuts (be they income tax or payroll tax) when Democrats offer it are now bad.

They offer nothing but a heads I win, tails you lose, rant that is hypocritical and schizophrenic in the most foundational way possible.

My question is, when will the Democrats (be they on the Hill or form the White House) calls them out in the media on this bogus, schizoid posturing and bleating?

Isn't this exactly the childish partisan things we can no longer afford which Obama invoked in his inaugural address?