From AZ GOP National Committeeman
BRUCE ASH:
Short On Substance, Obama Borrows Clinton Economic Proposals, Calls For Billions In New Spending
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Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Unveiled Billions More In Spending During An Economic Policy Address:
Obama: "In the end, this economic agenda won't just require new money. ... We'll be called upon to take part in shared sacrifice and shared prosperity." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Economic Policy, Janesville, WI, 2/13/08)
Obama Proposed A National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank At A Cost Of $60 Billion Over Ten Years. Obama: "I'm proposing a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that will invest $60 billion over ten years." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Economic Policy, Janesville, WI, 2/13/08)
Visit The Obama Spend-O-Meter To View His New Spending Total Of Over $874 Billion: www.obamaspendometer.com
Obama Is Quickly Catching Up To Sen. Clinton's Total Spending; Visit The Clinton Spend-O-Meter To View Her Spending Total Of Over $888 Billion:
The Clinton Campaign Observed That Obama's Infrastructure Bank And Other Economic Ideas Proposed Yesterday Weren't So New - Sen. Clinton Had Offered Them Months Ago:
Neera Tanden, Policy Director For The Clinton Campaign, Charged Obama With Introducing Sen. Clinton's Economic Ideas As His Own. Neera Tanden: "Those covering Senator Obama's economic speech in Wisconsin ... could be forgiven if it felt like deja vu all over again. Voters may ask themselves that if Senator Obama cannot produce his own ideas on the campaign trail, how will he solve new problems as President? Senator Obama's only 'new' ideas were ones that Senator Clinton proposed months ago ..." (Ben Smith, "Claiming Theft," The Politico's "Ben Smith's Blog," www.politico.com, 2/13/08)
Gene Sperling, Senior Economic Adviser To The Clinton Campaign: "Well the irony of it ... was that Senator Obama seemed like he wanted to cling incredibly specifically to Senator Clinton's ideas. You know nobody owns words but just on her ... theme shared prosperity, he went after that theme some. She put out a very explicit five million jobs through green energy efficiency goal. He chose exactly to do the five million goal. And then the national infrastructure idea which Senator Dodd had proposed and Senator Clinton but not Senator Obama had proposed ... he kind of came out with." (Bloomberg News' "Money & Politics," 2/13/08)
Sperling: "He was trying to show he had a bit more detail, but he seemed to be leaning a lot more heavily on Senator Clinton's detail than I probably would have recommended had I been advising him." (Bloomberg News' "Money & Politics," 2/13/08)
"Obama's Plan Includes ... Creating An Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank That Will Invest $60 Billion Over 10 Years, Generating Nearly 2 Million New Jobs, He Estimates. Clinton's Campaign Said She Proposed An Infrastructure Bank On Aug. 8, 2007." (Abdon M. Pallasch, "Obama Takes Hit On Economic Policy," Chicago Sun-Times, 2/14/08)
FLASHBACK: On August 2, 2007, Sen. Clinton Signed On As A Co-Sponsor Of The National Infrastructure Bank Act Of 2007. (S. 1926, Introduced 8/1/07)
NOTE: Obama Was Not A Co-Sponsor. (S. 1926, Introduced 8/1/07)
This Isn't The First Time Obama Has Copied Sen. Clinton's Ideas; He Had That Habit In The Senate As Well:
FLASHBACK: In The Senate, Obama Repeatedly "Lifted Ideas And Text From Clinton's Bills And Repackaged Them As His Own." "Obama has liberally lifted ideas and text from Clinton's bills and repackaged them as his own when filing legislation in the Senate, a review of congressional rec ords show. [In April 2007] Obama unveiled a sweeping measure to help veterans, titled 'Homes for Heroes' - similar to Clinton's older plan, 'Heroes at Home.' ... Obama has cribbed ideas from Clinton's bills on everything from voting rights to improving medical treatment, homeland security to helping veterans." (Ian Bishop, "Barack's Bills Hint Of Clinton Pinchin'," New York Post, 4/16/07)
"Political Pros Say Obama's Pilfering Of Clinton's Measures Is A Way To Puff Up His Slim Résumé As Voters Begin Scrutinizing The Presidential Mettle Of The Contenders." (Ian Bishop, "Barack's Bills Hint Of Clinton Pinchin'," New York Post, 4/16/07)
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