Is President Obama really as smart as we think? After watching the "Sunday Shows" it seemed to me and others that Team Obama is acting like the passing of the economic stimulus plan was a loss and not a win. Is this all part of a master plan to get the Republicans to walk into a trap that Obama and company are setting?
I have a good friend and colleague who is the person I turn to when I need talked off the ledge when it comes to anything Obama. It started way back a year ago when polls were saying that Obama was ahead by ten points in New Hampshire and Hillary pulled out the victory. I came into work the next day and was completely distraught over the turn of events and he talked me down. With the recent events Giethner, Daschle, and whoever else hadn't paid their taxes; we were talking again and he mentioned to me that he thought that the Republicans were walking into a trap.
There are two reasons that I think he could be wrong. First is the positioning that the Republicans took in the passing of the stimulus package.
Whatever happens with the package they can make claim, even though it is a stretch, that their compromises are what made it work. Then in the other scenario, (which I hope never happens) the act doesn't work and they can say I told you so. (In which the whole country is fucked!)
The second reason is because like a lot of people I don't think the stimulus was big enough. It needed more money for infrastructure i.e. broadband lines, roads, and bridge improvements. And education grants, loans, and technology upgrades. Anyway I would like other views about this so called trap my friend is talking about help him talk me off the ledge.