During the stimulus negotiations earlier this year, Senator Susan Collins couldn't get herself on t.v. enough. And, like so many of her GOP colleagues, she found plenty to mock -- but, as John noted this morning, she seemed particularly obsessed with mocking preparations for a flu pandemic. Watch her in action via Media Matters:
Hmm. What's the flu pandemic got to do with the economy? For starters, Reuters reports it's already having an effect:
Oil prices fell more than 4 percent to below $50 a barrel as investors feared a new blow to an already fragile global economy if trade flows are curbed and manufacturing is hit.What was that question Collins asked about the flu pandemic again? Oh yeah, "What does that have to do with an economic stimulus package?"
The MSCI world equity index fell 1 percent, and U.S. stocks were down in choppy trading.
