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Named boone dogle. >> the one year anniversary of the stimulus. >> reporter: critics argue the program has fallen short of administration promises and at huge cost. >> the point of stimulus was to help prevent another great depression. >> the stimulus and bailout and spending in washington created a great debt. >> the wisconsin republican does not believe a flawed policy in his words should get in the way of doing his job. providing a legitimate constituent service to employers in his district. we should mention house minority leader john boehner and house minority whip eric cantor, and mitch ...

Preferred package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose your service, choose your savings. like an oil change for just $19.95. meineke. ♪ 13 minutes after the hour. welcome back to the most politics in the morning. democrats marking the stimulus plan anniversary. eric cantore of reaping rewards while telling the media the program hasn't helped the economy at all. >> i don't know what message eric can tore delivers when he tells you in washington it

That's the argument, that's the most important part of the argument for republicans talking to conservatives. there's also, i think, a really important argument here about this republican hypocrisy for democrats in government. because it's not just asking for stimulus funds for your district. i mean, their defense to that is, hey, the money's going out, we just want a piece for our district. this is, actually, these newly obtained letters that we've been quoting from, this is republicans saying, this policy works. it's going to create jobs in my district, while they're simultaneously saying, t...

Argument that you simultaneously hold both of those beliefs? cpac is not the republican political action committee, it's the conservative political action committee. they are supposedly all about being principled on issues like spending. how's that going to go over for you, jason chaffetz? when some brave conservative asks you, do you think this policy works, or do you think this policy doesn't work? which is it? what are you going to say? and which, really, is it? how about you, eric cantor? you're on the agenda at cpac too. mr. cantor put out a statement today, slamming the effect of the sti...

Commonwealth. most of that in this area. >> democrats have a challenge right now. democrats' challenge is convincing americans that the stimulus is working. the advantage that democrats have is by all reputable measures that the stimulus is working. republicans have an even bigger challenge. they have to convince their own base that one of their two faces on this issue is telling the truth. and then they have to remember which of their two faces is supposed to be trustworthy before which audience. joining us now is chris hayes, washington editor of "the nation" magazine. chris, nice to see you...