Cooperate, please

I watched Meet the Press yesterday and was annoyed by the same old "tax cuts or bust" rhetoric from the program's two GOP guests, including my own Senator John Ensign.

I don't disagree with criticisms that the stimulus package may have some line items that aren't likely to be particularly stimulative in the short term, and by all means, work to get those removed.

But the stimulus plan does include billions of dollars in tax cuts. So shut the you-know-what up and get to work on working with the Democratic majority in Congress to do something positive. Tax cuts alone are not going to get us out of this mess.

DNC HEAD TIM KAINE has released this video to help people better understand the economic recovery plan that the Senate will soon be voting on:

(Video link)

I really like the fact that once the plan is passed, the White House will be maintaining a website that will allow Americans to track how the stimulus money is being used and what the results are.

MEANWHILE, the public maintains high approval ratings for Obama and a majority still support a stimulus package. A couple of poll reports s here and here (the latter is quite detailed).