By Baxter
We cats are very interested to see that a small number of Republican governors oppose the economic recovery act signed into law by President Obama today.
U.S. News & World Report reported the story online (which they have to do, since their hard-copy magazine is in such dire economic straits that it's gone from a weekly to a biweekly to a monthly). We imagine that their goal is to counter the prevailing narrative that the Republican Party is now split — between ideological zealots in Congress and the more pragmatic GOP leaders who run states.
The upshot? That Mark Sanford of South Carolina, Sarah Palin of Alaska, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi are all on record against the stimulus — but that only Sanford has said his state will not accept any of its largesse.
We hope that the media will continue to press the other three governors on this question. Because with oil revenues plummeting in Alaska, and Louisiana and Mississippi still struggling after Hurricane Katrina, we're curious as to whether Sarah, Bobby and Haley will be able to resist the temptation. Especially Sarah, since — two-faced and despicable as ever — she's reported to have lobbied for money in the bill.
In the meantime, we can't stop laughing about this statement from a Palin spokesman, explaining her alleged opposition: "You're going to have the Chinese and other foreign governments buying up your U.S. debt."
The would-be Republican Vice President doesn't know who holds U.S. debt now?
Why are we so relieved that the man standing just behind President Obama in this picture is our V.P. instead?
(Photo: AP)
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