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First up - the Senate passes the stimulus!
Senate Democrats, with the votes of three centrist Republicans, passed the
economic stimulus plan today by a vote of 61-37. President Obama, meanwhile,
appeared in Fort Myers, FL to host another town hall meeting to sell the
stimulus to the American people. Tonight, we talk with two of the three Senate
Republicans who voted in favor of the stimulus, Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and
Susan Collins (R-ME).
See this for more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/washington/11web-stim.html?_r=1&hp
Next, President Obama has assumed the role of Communicator-in-Chief in his town
hall meetings and at last night's press conference. We'll ask the Washington
Post's Eugene Robinson and radio talk show host Michael Smerconish to compare
President Obama's communication skills to previous presidents.
For more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021001418.html
Plus, Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner announced phase two of the bank bailout today.
We'll discuss his new approach to the bank rescue with Washington Post business
columnist Stephen Pearlstein.
For more on the bailout:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021001228.html?hpid=topnews
In the Politics Fix, we discuss the politics of President Obama's media push to
sell the stimulus with Salon's Joan Walsh and the Chicago Sun-Times's Lynn
Sweet.
And in the Hardball Sideshow, we'll look at the legal battle over President
Obama's iconic image - you won't want to miss this!
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