O.C. Reps agree with Obama on economic woes; differ on Rx
By Dena Bunis, Orange County Register
Two Orange County Republican House members may agree with the president-elect on his diagnosis of the nation's economic distress but they don't totally buy his prescription. And so far one lawmaker says Barack Obama may be overstating the problem.
Overall, Campbell was more positive about Obama's speech.
"I agree with him,'' said Campbell, R-Irvine. The economy, he said, "is certainly worse than anything I've witnessed in my working life. I think he correctly has recognized and identified the problem and is moving toward a solution and I hope it's one we can all agree on.''
Where Campbell is wary of Obama's message is with the spending proposals.
"I'm looking that everything we do in this thing should be simulative,'' and not all the spending Obama is proposing in Campbell's view is.
For instance, Campbell's not thrilled with the notion of spending billions refurbishing schools in terms of that being enough bang for the buck.
"I think we have to be as targeted and as immediate as possible with the tax cuts so we get people off the couch, taking some risk, hiring some people and buying some things,'' Campbell said.