Recap of intentions

H wrote:

Mark, rightly IMO, thinks that the broader issue -- pork barrel politics -- is most advantageously targeted to the national level. He's saying, quite logically, that we're not going to get huge numbers of Pittsburghers saying "we don't want federal money".

But, a small group here saying that we don't think it's fair for those in other states to pay for our politician's stupidity might actually be able to get a national hearing. It's a "man bites dog" type of story.