Q&a

So what should Republicans say instead if asked, "Do you want President Obama to succeed?" It's not complicated! You address the plan, not the man. "All Americans want to see an early end to this recession. But I fear that the plan the president has offered is bound to fail. It's too wasteful and too slow. Republicans have offered better alternatives: like a payroll tax holiday - up to $120 per week per worker in extra spending money - instead of a big federal spending plan that won't have much effect until 2010. More debt, more government spending, and higher taxes are not a formula for success for anybody."