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Sunday, February 1, 2009
I’m thinking Steelers 24-21 …
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
with one of the Cardinal touchdowns coming late, after the game’s been decided.
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Republican guvs back stimulus
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I know that putting the words “Palin” and “stimulus” together in the same sentence might be more than some conservatives male hearts out there can handle. But I’m going to risk it: apparently Sarah’s in Washington lobbying Alaska senators to pass the stimulus plan.
But why do I think that later, she’s going to come out and claim she had really been against it all the time?
“NEW YORK (AP) — Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.
Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama’s spending priorities.
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state’s share of the package.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state’s congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.”
