The White House Press Office has started smartly attaching bits of stimulus messaging to e-mails on other subjects. So today's health care press conference included Obama saying, "today, I can announce that under the Recovery Plan we've put into action, $155 million will go toward supporting 126 new health centers across America." And when the transcript of the presser was e-mailed out, it included a line at the top of the message -- before the transcript -- inviting reporters to "click here to get a state-by-state breakdown of how many patients will benefit from the Recovery Act funding for community health care centers: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/hrsa/napawards.html." And so an e-mail with serious political implications also encourages reporters to insert lines on the success of the stimulus. Synergy!
