Thursday, Nov. 04, 2010

High-Speed Rail

LOSER

The Republican wave may have run Obama's $8 billion plan to jump-start intercity passenger rail off the tracks. The new Republican governors in Wisconsin and Ohio have pledged to return a total of more than $1.5 billion in federal money by canceling the train projects in their states, and Boehner has spoken of reclaiming unspent stimulus money. All aboard? Nope.