John Aravosis writes:
I've heard people say that it's not fair to criticize the Democrats for botching health care reform because the Democrats never truly had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Sure, they have 60 votes in principle, the argument goes, but with Lieberman, Nelson, Landrieu, and Bayh' [...]
joe Lieberman, doing exactly what i said he would do a year ago:
Mr. Lieberman threatened on national television to join the Republicans in blocking the health care bill, President Obama’s chief domestic initiative. Within hours, he was in a meeting at the Capitol with [...]
Nate Silver thinks any Democrat who opposes the Senate's health care bill is "batflippin' crazy." He posts a chart showing how a family of four earning $54,000 a year would get much more in subsidies if the bill goes through.
Silver tacitly admits that this bill won't do [...]
Connie Francis, “Who’s Sorry Now?”
I’m not going to into all of the reasons Joe Lieberman has to go, but I will say this: if Lieberman embarrasses or hobbles the Obama administration because the Democrats allowed him to stay in a position of power, they will [...]
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, renamed last week the PBS NewsHour, is hardly perfect journalism. FAIR is certainly not a fan, quantitatively documenting in 1990, 1995, and most recently in October 2006 that Republicans are featured more often than Democrats, that women make up just 18% of the [...]
Today Washington Post columnist / blogger Chris Cillizza added to his series called "The Rising" by profiling Delaware Gov. Jack Markell who is also currently chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. Cillizza's article in online at: [voices.washingtonpost.com]
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Barack Obama and the Democrats think I am retarded:
We will not back down
Brendan –
As we head into the final stretch on health reform, big insurance company lobbyists and their partisan allies hope that their relentless attacks and millions of dollars can intimidate us into accepting the status quo.
So I have [...]
“Priorities: A One Act Play”
Dramatis Personae
The Would-Be Groom: the Democratic Party
The Blushing Bride: the American People
The Friend Who Wants to Kill His Neighbor: the Pentagon
Act 1.
Would-Be Groom: Oh my darling, I love you. If you marry me, I will buy you a big diamond ring
Blushing Bride: Well… I [...]
This post is about the politics of the President's Afghanistan speech and policy. For my take on the policy, see Blue Moose Democrat; I am tepidly supportive.
They used to say that politics stops at the water's edge. That hasn't really been true since at least Bosnia, but at' [...]
Congressman John Tanner, who represents the Tennessee Eighth Congressional District in the northwestern corner of the Volunteer state, is set to announce his retirement according to the National Journal. Rep. Tanner is serving his 11th term in office.
Rep. Tanner becomes the second Democrat and second Blue Dogs [...]
Between Alan Grayson in the House, and Russ Feingold in the Senate, the Democrats have a couple of truth-tellers that are not afraid to take on Obama's desire to drag the Democrats into supporting an escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan.
Russ Feingold rips Afghanistan decision: Feingold, flanked [...]
These really are consecutive posts from Politico. Post one:
Cook Political Report House analyst David Wasserman notes a telling indicator that the political environment in 2010 is shaping up to be favorable for Republicans: Several Democratic candidates have decided to drop out of tough races, while Democratic members of [...]
Nate Silver has an interesting post up tonight disputing the contention by Chris Bowers that while the Democrats are in electoral trouble, progressives are not. To prove his point, Nate examines how the 39 most vulnerable House members -- as determined by the Cook Political Report -- [...]
You know, it really is depressing – and infuriating – to see how little will actually be accomplished with this so-called health care “reform.”
And unless the House waves a magic wand in the conference committee hearings, I doubt anything will change:
Measured against the promises President Obama and congressional Democrats [...]
President Obama's Afghanistan speech leaked.
Yes, its a done deal: "The commander-in-chief has issued the orders."
Here's some fate that might save Democrats from this debacle:One Democratic congressman predicts that fully half of his caucus will oppose the escalation. "Obama is going to get his ass kicked" [...]
Stuart Rothenberg (via Political Wire) calls the New York congressional district won last month in a special election by Democrat Bill Owens one of the 12 most vulnerable House seats in the nation for 2010 (for some reason rating the district ahead of the open seat the GOP [...]
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