ARE DEMS FIGHTING HARD ENOUGH?
Who knows what is going on behind the scenes, but a bill without much legacy for Obama-Biden, is probably all the GOP need to achieve 'victory'.
Dems ought to have _started_ with a different, aggressive allocation formula. (McCain wants to go back and start again? I'll gladly take up that gauntlet!).
- For the states that had no Senators voting for the Bill, as proposed, no money. Nada.
- 50% if you only had one Senator voting.
Alternative, for all the states in which both senators voted "no", just income tax cuts. No schools, no roads and bridges, no other aid.
We'll see if the Republicans are willing to 'stand on principle', afterall.
As Joe Biden used to say, show me your budget.
