Increasingly, commentators on the right are giving President Obama advice on the stimulus package similar to this from Pat Buchanan. I wonder if he is listening? Will he take this advice?
Even Bill Clinton would not have
ceded so much to the tax-and-spend wing of his party, which he relied
on for votes, not advice.Has Obama no more imaginative ideas
for government’s role in reshaping the economy for the 21st century
than this? Was it all talk all along, to prepare the way for a return
to the days of spend and spend?Sad, because this is likely to
be Obama’s last shot at getting this economy on its feet and running by
2010. For Americans are not as patient as they were in the 1930s, when
FDR could try one idea, then another, then another for five years, and
continue to roll up massive electoral victories.If Obama gets
this one wrong, and all this pork and welfare fail to generate real
growth, his party could face a wipeout in 2010, and his opportunity
could be lost forever. Does he really want to bet the farm on the nag
Nancy Pelosi just trotted out of the House?
