Political quote of the day (updated)

Don’t let those little punk staffers take advantage of you, and stand up for yourselves.

– John Boehner, GOP House leader and spokesmodel for the chemical tanning industry, advising bankers to fight financial reform. instructed the poor, defenseless bankers, and pledging to block any financial reform.

Update: More on the deeper meaning of this remark from Paul Krugman.

How is Obama doing?

From Pollster.com:

Looks pretty good to me. How about the Republicans? Here are the numbers:

Job Approval/Disapproval

McConnell: 29 / 46
Boehner: 21 / 47

McConnell and Boehner have the approval of only the hardcore base of the GOP, the party that lost the last election.  Obama should hang tough with his stimulus plan and demand action from Congress.