Since the stimulus bill did none of the things that J.M Keynes said it should do; timely, temporary, and of sufficient size (I suggest that the failure of the first two criteria nullify the last) the Dems are busy trying to replicate the mistake.
House Democrats are moving quickly to [...]
First, Democrats struck a deal over healthcare to win the support of Catholic bishops by allowing an amendment to reach the House floor that would disallow any insurance passed in the health insurance exchange to [...]
[John] notes that the health care reform bill emerging now in the U.S House terminates the Children's Health Insurance Program in four years.
The $894 billion, 1,990-page health reform bill unveiled by House Democrats last Thursday would repeal CHIP at the end of 2013, shifting millions [...]
The esteemed John Cole:
It has now been about 36 hours since the most definitive victory for conservatism ever, yet according to my sources, Obama is still President, the Senate still has 60 Democrats, and the House gained a Democrat.
I guess you have to live in the beltway or work for a cable network [...]
GOPers are celebrating and predicting 2010 gains while Dems are largely dismissing the results as unimportant losses based on local factors. I think it's somewhere in between.
As most Democrats point out, these elections aren't always the best indicators of what will happen a year from now. A year is a [...]
Is the dissatisfaction because Congressional Democrats are less responsive to their base?
In a second post, [...]
The Pew Research Center has published a poll showing the awareness of issues in the public realm. Here is a breakout by Republicans, Independents and Democrats:Speaking at the start of an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing where he is the [...]
Our polling continues to find that the problem for Democrats right now isn't so much that people are switching sides to the Republicans, but that D voters have become sort of complacent/disengaged. There is no greater threat to' [...]
Fresh news that the public option may still be alive and kicking presents two opportunities to marvel at the craven nature of some Democrats in the Senate.
We’ll start with Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu:
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), for one, dismissed recent polls that show public support for the idea, telling [...]
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Rehberg Opposes Homeland Security, then Claims Credit
Rep. Rehberg sets new bar for political hypocrisy
HELENA - Rep. Dennis Rehberg's bizarre pattern of voting against Montana projects and then claiming credit for them [...]
