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This is pretty remarkable.  National Journal asked a bunch of “congressional insiders” if another stimulus bill would be needed sometime in the near future, and you can see the results on the right.  65% of Democrats said yes, which might not be a big surprise, but so did 63% of Republicans.  Their reasons were a little bit different (Dems: a big recession requires a big stimulus; Republicans: the first stimulus was a crock), but it’s still remarkable that even two-thirds of Republicans apparently think we’ll need more stimulus in a few months.

What’s more, this question was asked before this morning’s dismal GDP revisions came out.  If you asked again today, I wonder if the number would be even higher?

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