Specifically, here's a summary of what the GOP objects to in the stimulus package. If Obama conceded on all of it, the package's cost would decline by a couple of percentage points. So why not give it to them? It would suggest that the rest isn't wasteful, and that the GOP is still in its cut-the-pork unserious phase of its attempt to restore fiscal sanity.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/02/-waste/206080/
