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Years after its passage. as of yesterday, $415 billion of that has been spent, that is to say more than half this money has yet to be spent, in fact more money will be spent between 2011 and 2019 than they spent last year when we tied to stimulate the economy. when you stimulate the economy youre supposed to give it a jolt and this put this spending into all kind of government programs and spending efforts. it wasnt designed to be stimulative. the second issue is its been so pitful in its result...

Republicans are taking notice, and we have the proof. gop mastermind karl rove is out with a blueprint for killing the presidents jobs plan, and its all done by distorting the truth. his organization calls the memo pushing back on stimulus two, tax increases and class warfare. heres an example. americans support jobs for teachers and firemen, but republicans think they can win the argument if they can, quote, cast the issue in terms of government bailouts, end of quote. mitch mcconnell already n...

Savings. the president told congress last week entitlement such as medicare had to be trimmed to save them but the democrats fiercely oppose changes. lawmakers are likely to cheer the president desire to pay for the plan but not the way he has chosen to be do it. brol? >> bret: jim, thank you. look now at the president strategy. the senior political analyst brit hume joins us. >> hes persisted this after the first stimulus bill by passing another one and he thinks if congress balk hell have a gr...

Extending the bush tax cuts, stimulus one, stimulus two, t.a.r.p., his treaty with south korea. ive got him far ahead despite the losses in the house. ive got him far ahead, i think with the lame duck congress and everything that happened at the end of the year, obamas presidency is looking really good, despite conventional wisdom. >> im recalibrating this season. im much recalibrating this season. >> hey, the facts are the facts. >> you are much more exposed to this president than i had ever ca...

Energy. what is the nightmare of obese government went away, the ingenuity was ready to create. the current administrations goal is not provide cheap energy in the end, but expensive energy. f.d.r. decides to make the union stronger. sound familiar? regulate price controls, interfere with business. pay higher wages than the amount of productivity justified. obama, hes completely different. he says seius life work, his work. obama has fired the ceo of company taking control of the auto makers, ba...