The stimulus may not do what it's supposed to. The problem seems to be no better ideas. Hoping for Obama's failure is the Conservative suggestion.

I guess the Republican idea of funding more of the same folly is an idea, sort of like a person with a near-fatal hangover pumping down another fifth of vodka. Pumping even more money into the super-wealthy, into more hedge funds and derivatives is a worse idea than supplying people with jobs. As we've seen.

Where Obama does seem to be making an Iraq mistake is Afghanistan.

"Pentagon to propose increase of U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan"

With no exit strategy, no winning formula, no chance of success, devoting more resources to Afghanistan is a bit like pouring more water into a collander.

Arf