Was There a Coherent GOP Strategy in the Stimulus Debate? – Roll Call

Was There a Coherent GOP Strategy in the Stimulus Debate?

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted February 20, 2009 at 1:00am

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noting that polling data
benefits of the stimulus plan
Nate Silver
get some of their favored spending programs
Bill McGurn argued that
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears on Friday in CQ Politics.

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