- Quote of the day, from outgoing Congressman David Obey: “They wanted to hold [the stimulus] to less than $1 trillion. Then [Pennsylvania Senator Arlen] Specter and the two crown princesses from Maine [Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins] took it down to less than $800 billion. Spread over two and a half years, that’s a hell of a lot of money, but spread over two and a half years in an economy this large, it doesn’t have a lot of fiscal power.”
- David Vitter, who is an asshole, has apologized to Rachel Maddow for making a sexist crack about her appearance this morning.
- The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is terrified of an upcoming major Dana Priest story about intelligence contractors.
- Dave Weigel sums up the stupid coverage of the Romney/Palin “spat”.
- For some reason, senators don’t want to comment on the John Stagliano obscenity trial.
Friday link dump: Maine’s crown princesses
David Obey on the stimulus, David Vitter on Rachel Maddow, and explaining the Romney/Palin "feud"
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