I am tired of hearing that people who think Obama is mishandling the stimulus bill are "panicking." Yesterday on the TPM front page, Josh quoted a reader saying, "I don't share the sense of panic expressed by some Obama supporters over his approach to the stimulus package."

This is crap. Thinking Obama is wrong is not "panic." I am disappointed that Obama is screwing up this very important legislation. I am concerned that his attempts to cooperate with Republican wackos might screw the entire country. I am angry that he seems immune to the reality of his own situation. None of those things are panic. I simply believe that he has approached this in completely the wrong way, and that he does not have a handle on the situation, and that as a result the stimulus bill may end up too small and badly designed.