While Republicans issued the usual declarations that the package was dead on arrival at the Capitol on Monday, Mr. Obama harbors hope of winning some victories yet.
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Of course it makes sense that Jackson is frustrated – you'd be too if your job required you to watch the Knicks play basketball – but at this point he is Michael Bluth opening up the package marked "DEAD DOVE - DO NOT EAT".
The economic stimulus package is dead for now, but it won't end the fistfight on health insurance.
Conceding his larger tax cut package was dead, President George W. Bush asked Congress on Tuesday to at least pass a scaled back $550 billion version as he shifted focus from the war in Iraq to salvaging his economic agenda before the presidential campaign.
He also said "yes" when asked point blank by a reporter if Obama's bill, as a full package, is dead.
After a clutch of introductory scenes of hearty camaraderie (football, cigars, nightclubbing), things start to go sideways: a mysterious package, a dead goat in the pool, a stolen boat, a bag of money, a little man in a cat mask.
Meanwhile, in the UK David Cameron's enthusiasm for plain packaging stopped dead in its tracks and the legislation was put on hold because of "considerable legal uncertainty".
