That Rasmussen poll a week ago, which showed declining support for the Stimulus Bill, got lots of press play. So how about the new Rasmussen poll which shows support for the bill on the upswing? The way Rasmussen has been posing the question yields a general weak support number. But the trend is clear.
Thanks to some timely reader tips, we’re getting some of the details on what’s in and what’s out of the final version of the stimulus bill. Elana Schor reports here and here and here.
Late Update: It never hurts to repeat that until the final i is dotted and t crossed and the bill is filed of record that things are subject to change. But things are pretty far along at this stage, down to the brass tacks.
Did Sen. Collins leave Mainers out in the cold on home heating help?
On the other hand, mass transit seems to have gotten a bit more love in the final bill.
How the right-wing echo chamber fabricated the “Pelosi’s mouse” talking point from thin air.
Not sure we were precisely the intended target. But the K Street firm of Foley Hoag sent out an email this morning announcing the formation of their new “new cross-discipline stimulus response team.”
Details on how to hop on the gravy train here.
Huh, I guess that didn’t work out.
This is extremely weird. Gregg is out at Commerce, withdrawing for what he appears to be calling irreconcilable differences on Stimulus and the Census.
Now, the Census is one thing because Census administration is a pretty touchy issue between the parties — largely tied to the Democrats’ wanting to count everyone and the Republicans not. And I could sort of see where maybe this issue got dicey.
But the Stimulus? Didn’t we have a pretty clear idea what was up with the Stimulus before Gregg got the nod?
Late Update: Hearing maybe that this might not be about Census or Stimulus but maybe Gregg not being able to hack the deluge of crap he was getting from what’s left of the New Hampshire GOP.
Later Update: Here’s Gregg’s statement.
Still Later Update: Gregg is like the Bobby Ray Inman of Commerce Secretaries.
Statement from the White House:
“Senator Gregg reached out to the President and offered his name for Secretary of Commerce. He was very clear throughout the interviewing process that despite past disagreements about policies, he would support, embrace, and move forward with the President’s agenda. Once it became clear after his nomination that Senator Gregg was not going to be supporting some of President Obama’s key economic priorities, it became necessary for Senator Gregg and the Obama administration to part ways. We regret that he has had a change of heart”.
Judd Gregg tells Politico: “The fault lies with me. … I may have embarrassed myself but hopefully not [Obama].”
Chris Dodd is penning a book on how, as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, he saved the world from financial collapse last September.