My Question for President Obama

Your party, the Democratic Party controls both houses of Congress.

If you think this stimulus bill is, to borrow a phrase, all that and a bag of chips, why not just pass the thing along a party line vote?

What purpose is served by going on television and whining about Republican opposition?

You'll get all the credit when the economy recovers and be able to blame the Republicans for standing in your way and it could lead to a bigger congressional majority in 2010.

Or do you not think this bill will work and you're really doing what you do best - give speeches in campaign mode? While you're in campaign mode, you might want to check Nancy Pelosi's approval numbers. They were lower that President Bush's. That's pretty hard to do.

My advice to you? Scrap the bill and start over.