US – how not to do economic stimulus

Evidence mounts that through either timidity or cluelessness, Team Obama didn’t get it right. On the timidity side, the Obama Administration has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, giving the GOP a chance to say, “I told you so, now let’s have a tax cut.”

And, now, with national healthcare, climate change and a SCOTUS nomination all lining up for Senate landing rights, overcoming GOP naysayers on a second stimulus program won’t be easy.