"...The President’s $787 billion stimulus package in 2009 — much of which was used by Republican governors and GOP-controlled legislatures to balance state budgets — did little for the private sector and was simply too meager to pull the country out of the depths of the “Great Recession,” a devastating economic downturn that millions of Americans believe never ended."
"The President’s paltry and late-in-the-game $447 billion son-of-stimulus — if approved — will have the same minimal effect. However, it’s proving to be a powerful campaign weapon for a President desperately trying to reclaim his dispirited base. A cynic might say that’s its real purpose."
"As should be clear to everybody, the President is now in full campaign mode. Progressives shouldn’t be fooled again."
"The Democratic Party needs a bold and decisive leader, somebody who will fight for poor, working and middle-class Americans — those who have been mercilessly pummeled throughout this seemingly never-ending economic crisis."
"More than 25.8 million Americans are out of work or only marginally employed, and millions have tragically lost their homes. Small businesses, the backbone of the U.S. economy, are struggling while cash-rich major corporations amass record profits and park hordes of cash overseas."
"The American people are hurting, and they’re hurting badly."
"Working together, let’s send our President a message he can‘t ignore."
Although this varies from the FR perspective, should it be recognized that Darcy Richardson is at least one Democrat who is standing up to his own party's failed administration. Does he have the right idea here?
