I find myself of two minds in the wake of the
House vote on the stimulus package. On the one hand, I'm
thrilled that Republicans voted against this monstrosity. On the
other hand, it's frustrating to consider what it took for them to
actually stand in unified opposition to crappy legislation. For
years, they voted for every pork-laden bill that the Bush White
House sent down the pike. Now they finally make a strong
statement for fiscal restraint, but only after two straight
election pummelings that handed Democrats the White House, both
chambers of Congress, and a near filibuster-proof majority in the
Senate. Things might have been a lot different had Republicans
stood up to the Bush administration like they stood up to
President Obama today.
