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What I heard him say was that the $800B number wasn't pulled out of his, pause, hat, but that it was a calculated number based on job loss predictions. Perhaps this is a more defensible position than other alternatives.

Although personally I think we are likely to see straightforward government jobs a la the 1930s CCC, etc.

by asdf on Mon Feb 9th, 2009 at 10:20:54 PM EST
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Politically, the Right (GOP plus Blue Dog Democrats) have a blocking minority in Congress.  

While I think we're going to see WPA/CCC type agencies emerge over the next two years at this moment trying to get them established and funded is a lost cause.  Too many in Congress are too invested in and by the pluts for "socialism" to be enacted.

I'm no Obama fan.  He is way too centerist for me.  But at this moment I'm more excited and hopeful than I've been since 1967.

by ATinNM on Tue Feb 10th, 2009 at 12:34:35 AM EST
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asdf:
wasn't pulled out of his, pause, hat,

haha, i saw that too, he almost said it....

ass----tyat would also have raised his pop ratings...

these pauses... are they a tic, or timeout to think a better reply, he always saves his line of thought, but they are definitely not soundbites, and sometimes i wonder if he's going to shake his head and say, 'what was it we were talking about again?'

he did inhale, after all...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Feb 10th, 2009 at 04:21:38 AM EST
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