Like many I search for solid information to better understand whether the economic stimulus is working. Warren Buffet thinks it is and also thinks we need another. Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman thinks that too. The Republicans in Congress, however, have decided it is not and no second stimulus is necessary. As I keep researching this, I read that it is the first time the Republicans are united against Obama, that they have been looking for an issue to show they are against his policies. Does being the party in opposition mean being against something? Just like, I say white, you say black and so forth. That’s a game, not a position. Being in opposition means offering another idea, another solution, another way to reach the goal or at the very least having a thoughtful reason as to why the issue in question would not be helpful. If the Republicans’ stance on the stimulus continues it will give many cause to think that the party is coming before the country. That’s doesn’t seem what the Founding Fathers intended when they institutionalized opposition. I still don’t have the answers I’d like about the economic stimulus, but I know that opposing an issue by being against it is not one.