Stimulus Lite, or a Reasonable Facsimilie Thereof

Now, here's a Democrat plan I might get behind.
Walt Minnick (D-ID) has taken the ideas in the Porkfest Act of 2009 that might actually create some short-run stimulus and stripped out everything else. Then he puts a short time line on the bill (2010) and public accountability (sadly, sadly lacking in TARP and the Porkfest Act of 2009) and shockingly comes out with something slightly resembling a reasonable use of taxpayer funds.
Funnily enough, as noted here, this is very similar to a plan Obama campaigned on. Why isn't this the plan he's pushing instead of one $700 billion more expensive? He does want to keep his campaign promises, right? Will anyone pay attention? Will anyone call him out on it?
I note that there's no tax cuts in here, as the Republican alternative bills have proposed, and it's silly to think giving money just to the lower and middle classes (they are not the job-creators) is the way to jump start the economy, but it's a start.