Capitol hill Quote by Jane Mayer

The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it,…

— Mark Steyn

Obama has paid and will continue to pay dearly for betting on his stimulus package. Because of it, the Bush recession is becoming the…

— Dick Morris

“Imagine, for a moment, if his administration had been willing to invoke its newly minted democratic mandate to build the new economy promised on…

— Naomi Klein

As a former member of President Obama's economic team, I have a soft spot for the fiscal stimulus legislation he signed just a month…

— Christina Romer

Barack Obama is an opportunist, mostly supported by the financial institutions. He had no positions on anything. He's very intelligent. If you look at…

— Noam Chomsky

President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether…

— Alveda King

“They had forced Obama to play their budget game. Instead of talking about jobs and spending, he was talking about the deficit and bargaining…

— Jane Mayer

I cringe every time I see no evidence of push-back by the Republican Party on Obama policies.

— Rush Limbaugh

Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the…

— Camille Paglia

I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.

— Chris Matthews

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by…

— Rick Perry

Obama tried to make deals with Republicans, and I don't think he realized he'd have such an insanely opposing Congress.

— Saikat Chakrabarti