Stimulus; Bank Firesale; Dems and Race; GOP in S Carolina

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Will a stimulus package for the economy pass in time to make a difference or has the economy tanked – the New Depression, says Bob – Tony and Matt disagree. Is foreign ownership of US banks a danger to our economic stability? Race and the Democratic primaries: Obama’s new riff says Hillary’s experience is merely osmosis. And the Republicans are still neck and neck in South Carolina, will weather or religion determine the outcome?

Links:

• Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System
• Bush calls for up to $150 Billion in Stimulus to Boost Economy
• Martin Wolf's article in the Financial Times
• Barack Obama, in S.F., takes on the Clintons (SF Chronicle)
• Polls: Republican Presidential Nomination
• Those Ungrateful Saudis, by Robert Scheer

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Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington (independent progressive) is the editor of the Webby Award-wining online blog, Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of numerous books, most recently Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.

Tony Blankley

Tony Blankley (Right), who served as press secretary to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is a columnist for the Washington Times newspaper. He is Executive Vice President of Edelman Public Relations in Washington, DC and a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at the Heritage Foundation. He is also the author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations, published by Regnery.

Matt Miller

Matt Miller (center/moderator) is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; a columnist for Fortune, and an award-winning contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times Magazine and many other publications.  A former aide in the Clinton White House, Miller's first book, The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America's Problems In Ways Liberals And Conservatives Can Love, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. His next book, The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, will be published by Henry Holt/Times Books in January, 2009.

Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer (Left) is Editor of the Webby Award winning political website Truthdig.com. He’s a syndicated columnist based at the San Francisco Chronicle and a clinical professor in Communications at USC. He has authored numerous books, most recently The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.

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