The National Republican Senatorial Committee reminds us that the stimulus passed three years ago today, in a web video that represents a beautiful example of using lawmakers’ own boasts and promises against them:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ybk1v-pkUbo
Among the quotes that Obama and Senate Democrats might regret:
Barack Obama: “If I don’t have this done in three years, then this will be a one term proposition.”
Obama boasting he instructed his advisers to “conduct a rigorous analysis of this plan and come up with projections of how many jobs it will create . . .” (while showing the difference between the projections and actual unemployment rate). This will “immediately jump-start job creation as well as long term economic growth . . .”
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio): “This stimulus package is just right.”
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.): “We did the stimulus, we did what has been, by the way, wildly successful.”
Obama, laughing: “Shovel-ready wasn’t as shovel-ready as we expected.”