Sadly, there's no dither. This morning Obama made as clear a statement as one could that he buys it.

Wish there was a real dither going on.

Krugman thinks it's probably a one-shot deal, since the combination of lost public confidence and Republican sabotage will make a second program into a very, very hard sell.

The only chance I see is a real popular mobilization behind a workable program- of which there seem to be several. And popular mobilization was supposed to be O's strong suit. I am on his e-mail volunteer list, and his attempts to mobilize the troops are pathetic.

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