Louisiana’s Congressional delegation is pondering the massive stimulus plan proposed by President Barack Obama. Top priorities for the state are money for highway and levee construction. LaPolitics’ John Maginnis says the package contains political pitfalls. “If the plan works, the nation will be better for it,” he says. “If it doesn’t, if the economy is still hobbled in 2010, Republicans will have a lot to talk about and Democrats much to answer for.” Read the full column here.
(John Maginnis publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com.)
