Obama is heading out to states like Indiana, where I live, in order to put pressure on weakling Senators to pass this bill. Lugar would be one of them, possibly Evan Bayh too.
Obama is desperate to try to make this porkapalooza bipartisan because it will not stimulate anything.
Pressure needs to be put on these particular Senators in these states to hold firm.
Geesh, we need the GOP to hit the airwaves, and soon.
“in order to put pressure on weakling Senators to pass this bill. Lugar would be one of them, possibly Evan Bayh too.”
MoveOn has been running commercials to pressure Lugar to vote for PORKULUS, but I think this visit is to pressure EVAN BAYH...
He’s effectively the head of the so-called “Blue-Dog” caucus, and it’s THOSE VOTES that Obama needs the most.
Bayh may be a Dem, but he is no idiot. He’s getting TONS of pressure from the folks back home today (Including me)