Another solution

Of course the more spiteful part of me would prefer to see obama play this gambit with year stimulus bill.

1. Get republican leaders to publicly declare that they do not think government spending has any positive impact on mitigating the recession and that the bill should have less spending. Try to get a dollar amount of how much smaller the spending piece should be in an on the record quote.

2. Repeat the quote from step 1. Repeat it again. Then acknowledge you are listening to their concerns and will be introducing a new version that meets their lower threshold.

3. To meet that lower dollar amount take a hack saw to every dollar that will hit a state with two republican senators. If you need more cut half the dollars going to states with a split delegation. That's your new proposal.

4. Release the proposal. Make sure to repeat the quote from McConnell or whomever about spending not doing anything at least twice. Brand the deal the republican plan. Announce that since you have met their demands they had better vote for it or shut up. Tell people if they prefer the house version they should contact their senator and tell them to support the democrat version.

5. Sit back and enjoy.

The alternative is to tell the republican governors they had better start cutting commercials against their senators or you are going to take the senate repubs up on their state aid is pork proposal.