Updates I & II: The N&R’s Doug Clark calls Hagan’s support for the stimulus plan “smart, gutsy” and “downright refeshing,” adding and is “just what voters should expect from Hagan.” Spending othr people’s money that’s exactly what many voters expected from Hagan —- those who didn’t vote for her, that is.

Here’s something else we could have expcted — Hagan supports wage discrimination lawsuits.

Yes, I just finished reading this AP account of Sen. Kay Hagan’s support for $350 billion in bailout funds. Locker Room’s David Bass has already weighed in.

Yes, the article highlights the fact that Hagan is now supporting the bailout after opposing during her hotly-contested campaign against Elizabeth Dole. But if don’t read carefully you’ll miss the fact that “Hagan avoided taking a position in October until after the Senate had passed the bill.”

Part of the Best Campaign of 2008, I guess. Doesn’t matter though. What Hagan thinks counts now.