Rachel Maddow continues to highlight Republican hypocrisy over the stimulus, calling out several Congress members who both criticized and praised the stimulus bill throughout the year. Maddow points out that according to Think Progress, 111 Republican Congress members have demonstrated hypocrisy on the issue, which is the majority of Republicans.

Maddow turns to Washington editor of The Nation Chris Hayes to get his take on whether the Republican hypocrites will ever be officially confronted. “What’s really important to hammer home here is that this is not new,” Hayes says, pointing out that the size of government grew under Reagan and when Republicans controlled the federal government. “They may talk about how much they hate spending and how much they love small government, but never, ever, ever do they deliver that.”

Because Republicans are so hypocritical with the stimulus, they will never be able to negotiate, Hayes argues. “They are so committed to, you know, detaching themselves from any policy successes that come out of this White House that they can’t be asked to negotiate in good faith on any single policy issue.”

—Morgan Ashenfelter

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