John McCain isn't the only one who's pissed off that Obama is, apparently supporting it.

As I tweeted earlier, so is moderate Dem Sen. Evan Bayh, who writes this today in the WSJ:

This week, the United States Senate will vote on a spending package to fund the federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year. The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 is a sprawling, $410 billion compilation of nine spending measures that lacks the slightest hint of austerity from the federal government or the recipients of its largess.

The Senate should reject this bill. If we do not, President Barack Obama should veto it.

Another critic is Will Marshall, President of the inaptly-named Progressive Policy Institute (it should perhaps rather be called the Middle of the Road Policy Institute), who penned an item today called simply "Veto This Turkey" (H/T Tom Bevan at Real Clear Politics).

I agree with them both.  Sadly, Obama does not.  But sure, he's all for fiscal prudence and that... [intro]

For much of last year, I spent almost all day, every day, working to elect John McCain, and I was proud and happy to do so. McCain is one a of a handful of people in political life who I have consistently, proudly admired and frankly, the time he always made and interest he showed in bloggers (and people, generally) made my job a lot easier and frankly fun than it could have been.

One of the things I've always liked about McCain is his willingness to create a fuss in the name of principle, rather than sitting by and being nice to people he disagrees with when they're doing things that are, objectively or subjectively, objectionable. And just months after the presidential campaign ended (unfortunately for him, and for me, in defeat), he's back at it. On Twitter. Saying things like this:

#4. All 13 earmarks for PMA group, which has been raided by the FBI for corruption, totaling over $10 million -THE BEST GOVERNMENT $ CAN BUY

Not subtle, is it? Not cuddly and friendly, either, no?

Well, it's not. But it's also sufficiently interesting and exciting to ensure that the former presidential candidate who was so often described (inaccurately, as is now totally clear, technologically-ignorant and/or technophobic) currently boasts 141,116 followers. (Oh, and Maureen Dowd is apparently saying nice things about him, too).

Not everyone is happy, though, as the Economist's Democracy in America blog makes clear:[intro]...

Glenn Greenwald notices it.   There's more "change" that I detailed in my post here. [intro]