Stimulus attacks help Democrats gain first real traction in weeks

[jefferson_dem]

Stimulus attacks help Democrats gain first real traction in weeks
By Alexander Bolton - 02/21/10 03:06 PM ET

Congressional Democrats are celebrating what they say was their best week politically since Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts on Jan. 19.

After playing defense on the economy, the stimulus and healthcare for much of the past year, Democrats went on the offensive this week.

Democrats took advantage of the one-year anniversary of the passage of the economic stimulus package and a slow news week to blast Republicans for claiming credit for stimulus funds they opposed.

“It’s a pretty easy case to make that there’s a lot of crocodile tears and a lot of hypocrisy,” Norman Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, speaking of the points Democrats scored. “This gets more on offensive while they’ve been on the defensive.”

Darrell West, director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, said Democrats have found a more effective line of argument the “Party of No” label they’ve tried to fix on the GOP for much of the past year.

“The Republicans complain about the stimulus, but take the money and go home and claim credit,” West said. “You can’t have your hand in the cookie jar while complaining about cookie consumption.”

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[Arkana]

1. The cookie line rules.

[KingFlorez]

2. You can get a lot of milage playing offense

Democrats would be wise to keep this up.

[ihavenobias]

3. K & R # 7. Agreed. n/t

[jefferson_dem]

4. Thanks.

:thumbsup:

[ihavenobias]

5. No problem.

Good info is good info, regardless of outside disagreements with the poster, etc.

[Go2Peace]

7. Yes, glad to see it. Now let's do the same with policy and legislation and hit a home run

[Canuckistanian]

6. That was a good strategy

And Rachel Maddow did a pretty good job calling out Aaron Schock(R) and others on THEIR hypocrisy.

[Jennicut]

8. On CNN Amy Holmes tried to say that the Rethugs want a piece of the pie if it will be spent

anyway! They have to fight for their constituents right to money the Rethug govs, Reps and Senators never wanted in the first place!

Tough to spin hypocrisy...

[Beartracks]

9. You can’t take cookies from the cookie jar while claiming THAT THERE ARE NO COOKIES.

GOP: Hypocrites AND liars.

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[live love laugh]

10. Maddow ushered the week in with her MTP appearance. nt

[JoePhilly]

11. Her shows with the actual job numbers also.

[old mark]

12. Is that a light going on over the heads of congressional Dems? Maybe even

the WH?!!!! Are we seeing the start of the payback to the GOP's last year of abusing the American people?

Do Dems in DC finally GET IT????

mark