Democrats come out swinging: "the wrong idea at the wrong time..."
This Associated Press story in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) quotes all the Democratic Presidential nomination contenders speaking out against the leaked details of the $600 billion Bush economic stimulus plan:
Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina said the White House is "trying to use the Bush recession to put money in the pockets of the richest Americans over a long period of time while providing very little help for regular people."
"If this is what he thinks is going to help regular people in times of an economic downturn, it just shows how out of touch he is," Mr. Edwards said in remarks his campaign staff said were taped for broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, on the brink of announcing his candidacy, used his party's weekly radio address Saturday to slam the president's tax-break plan, saying it's "the wrong idea at the wrong time to help the wrong people."