Megan counters Daniel Gross. Von at Obsidian Wings piles on. Their arguments should be familiar to anyone who has followed the stimulus debate. They may be right, but the Dish can't help but recall this bit from David Frum:
Those of us who criticized the Obama stimulus plan for stretching into 2010 may have to eat our words. Government looks likely to be the only source of increased economic demand for at least the next half year.
The Dish suspects the back-loaded stimulus is the sneakiest mid-term tool Obama has in his belt.