Obama's Grandstanding Threatens Economy

UPDATE: Ramirez.***The ink is barely dry on the $410 Billion omnibus bill stuffed with earmarks: 

Efforts by Republicans this week to strip those earmarks from the bill failed.

"Pardon us if we note the irony of signing a bill into law that contains close to 9,000 earmarks on the very day that the president pushes alleged earmark reform," said Antonia Ferrier, a spokeswoman for House Minority Leader John Boehner. "It's like washing down a doughnut with a Slim-Fast shake."

...and the Dem "leadership" wants to throw more of our money down a hole. GOP Rep. Eric Cantor gets in a real zinger on Porky Pelosi and her Dem pals, "By Drafting a Second Stimulus Bill, Speaker Pelosi Labels Obama Recovery Plan a Failure":

“Just three weeks after President Obama signed his ‘stimulus’ bill into law, Congressional Democrats are already conceding that it will fail to achieve its objective. As the Speaker knows, the only reason to craft a second stimulus bill would be if the first one failed. Every Republican in the House voted against the first stimulus bill because we believed that Congress could do better, and we had a plan to achieve that goal. America does not need another massive spending bill, what we need is to create jobs.

“Republicans developed an innovative plan to preserve, protect, and create twice as many jobs as the bill that Speaker Pelosi rushed to the floor last month. If Democrats believe that their stimulus bill has fallen short, then we should work together on the Republican Economic Recovery Act, which would revitalize struggling small businesses, help middle-class families, and immediately rekindle America’s economy and create jobs.”

Meanwhile, Freddie Mac wants more $$$. More voices call for our President Barack Obama to zero in on the economy--NOW! Jobs not pork. Common sense not grandstanding.

More: AP analysis:

In proposing only modest changes in how lawmakers finance their pet projects, President Barack Obama tossed aside a golden opportunity to work with Sen. John McCain.

Hugh Hewitt in Politico--Do Democrats really care about job losses?