> > Imagine yourself jobless and struggling to feed your family while the > governor of your state threatens to reject tens of millions of dollars in > federal aid earmarked for the unemployed. That is precisely what is > happening in poverty-ridden states like Louisiana and Mississippi where > Republican governors are threatening to turn away federal aid rather than > expand access to unemployment insurance programs in ways that many other > states did a long time ago. > > What makes these bad decisions worse is that they are little more than > political posturing by rising Republican stars, like Gov. Bobby Jindal of > Louisiana and Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina. This behavior reinforces > the disturbing conclusion that the Republican Party seems more interested in > ideological warfare than in working on policies that get the country back on > track. > > Fortunately, as President Obama prepares for his first address to Congress > on Tuesday evening, voters of both parties have noticed. About > three-quarters of those polled in a recent New York Times/CBS News survey — > including more than 60 percent of Republicans — said Mr. Obama has been > trying to work with Republicans. And 63 percent said Republicans in Congress > opposed the stimulus package primarily for political reasons, not because > they thought it would be bad for the economy. It should be sobering news for > Republicans that about 8 in 10 said the party should be working in a > bipartisan way. >
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