See Boehner’s false statement at about 2:30

On Fox News Sunday, GOP House Leader John Boehner of Ohio made an assertion about the status of stimulus spending in Ohio that he had to have known was false:

BOEHNER: “In Ohio, the infrastructure dollars that were sent there months ago, there hasn‘t been a contract let, to my knowledge. And the fact is I don‘t believe it will create jobs.”

This erroneous statement won him the bronze in the daily “Worst Person in the World” competition on MSNBC’s “Countdown,” with Keith Olbermann:

OLBERMANN: “You need to upgrade your knowledge, brother. The last update was from June 15th, by which time the Ohio Department of Transportation had already awarded $83.9 million in stimulus money in contracts for work on Ohio‘s highways, local roads and bridges. Work on a ramp-widening project in Cleveland began on June 9th.”

Olbermann also pointed out that Boehner had to have been aware of this, since the minority leader commented on it on June 15, on his official House website:

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Day: July 7, 2009

Was GOP Leader Boehner Clueless Or Lying about Stimulus Spending on Fox News Sunday?

See Boehner’s false statement at about 2:30

Quote du Jour

You know, politically speaking, if I die, I die. So be it.

— Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in an interview on ABC News.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”