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Palin, Perry and Jindal Are Refusing to Talk to Biden About the Stimulus

Posted by Matt Corley, Think Progress at 6:23 AM on July 3, 2009.


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In a new article, Time’s Michael Scherer describes how Vice President Biden has been aggressively reaching out to mayors on the their use of stimulus money. “My rear end is on the line just like yours,” said Biden on a recent conference call with five mayors and county executives. “I’m the guy in charge of this deal. So if this doesn’t work, it’s me.” In a follow-up blog post, Scherer reveals that Biden has talked to “dozens of mayors and 47 of the 50 state governors about the Recovery Act”:

One interesting fact that didn’t make it into the story. Since March, Biden has talked, usually in conference calls, to dozens of mayors and 47 of the 50 state governors about the Recovery Act. The three governors who have not yet been on the line, though they have been invited: Alaska’s Sarah Palin, Texas’ Rick Perry and Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal. You can draw your own conclusions.

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Matt Corley is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.


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Posted by: foreverhope on Jul 3, 2009 9:47 AM   
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What a surprise. I'm sure it's breaking Joe's heart, God bless him.

Abraham Lincoln:

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

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A New Axis of Weevil?
Posted by: zipper696 on Jul 3, 2009 11:42 AM   
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Sarah Palin,Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal.

One that blew her chances by opening her trap and revealing the empty cavity above it, one a would be seccesionist and one whose effete and faux folksy reply to the State of the Union speech condemned him to Comedy Central.

No loss for Biden, he actually HAS a job to do.

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THX 4 NOT CAVING 2 CONFORMITY
Posted by: CAPSLOCK_AVENGER on Jul 4, 2009 8:35 PM   
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FORTY-SEVEN STATE GOVS VOLUNTEERED THEIR CONSTITUENTS AS GUINEA PIGS IN TEH GRAND STIMULUS EXPERIMENT (UNLESS NEW AK GOV FOLDS). TX & LA DESERVE PRAISE 4 BEING TEH CONTROL GROUP & STANDING FAST AGAINST ECONOMIC RECOVERY!!!!

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