Aired on Monday, Rachel Maddow reported on the switch a day made between the White House statements of the weekend and those on Monday. Jane Hamsher, of FireDogLake, joined Rachel at the end of the segment to discuss her effort to lead a progressive push for a public healthcare option in any case. [My [...]
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Marie Antoinette, contrary to popular opinion, never said a solution for the starving masses of revolutionary France in the late 18th century was, “Let them eat cake.” But, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) apparently said something close to it.
At a public meeting, one of Grassley’s constituents asked him, “Why is your insurance so much cheaper than [...]
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Social Security. Democrats who thought the Obama Administration wouldn’t go here – were wrong – apparently. Reportedly the “recession” is draining both Social Security and Medicare. This should be an interesting debate… again. And it’s Just in Time for the Health Reform Debate….
At least I would have more faith in some reform from Obama and the Dems [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Congress, Democrats, Economic News, George W. Bush, Healthcare, House of Reps, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Recession, Republicans, Senate
Senator Arlen Specter’s short days as a Democrat have filled with a lot of turmoil and now “MoveOn.org , is resisting efforts to clear the Democratic primary field for Republican-turned-Democratic.”
The group expressed concern over Specter’s vote against President Obama’s $3.4 billion budget just one day after defecting to the Democratic Party. MoveOn also cited comments [...]
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President Obama’s first months in the Oval Office have strengthened his “standing with the American public, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, giving him political capital for battles ahead.”
As his 100th day as president approaches next Wednesday, the survey shows Obama has not only maintained robust approval ratings but also bolstered the sense that he is a [...]
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Peter Daou is on the money with this: “Why on Earth Are Democrats Legitimizing and Empowering Rush Limbaugh?”
In a nutshell, Peter points out, expanding Rush’s profile and platform, is “bad for the country and it’s bad politics.”
Limbaugh and his cohorts (Coulter, Hannity, Beck, Savage, and so on), are largely responsible for our toxic political environment. [...]
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The stimulus bill has passed in the House and the Senate and will now head to President Obama’s desk to be signed. So much for bi-partisanship… not one House Republican supported the bill.
The vote in the House was 246 to 183, with just 7 Democrats joining all 176 Republicans in opposition. In the Senate, [...]
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He’s one of the best political prognosticators in the business, and, peering into his Crystal Ball, Sabato sees more Senate gains for the Democrats next year:
Remarkably, even after losing six net Senate seats in 2006 and another seven or eight (pending the Minnesota resolution) in 2008, the GOP still has more seats up (19) than [...]
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It’s time to “ignore Republicans’ demands about the stimulus plan” and every other issue that they have roadblocked and stonewalled in the past that comes up again. Democrats have the majority and it’s time to get moving on issues that are most important to the American people.
In reacting to last night’s vote in the House [...]
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My local newspaper editor, as he does regularly, once again attacked unions as the problem in America. This is the same editor who once said “all the laziest goof-offs and goldbricks in the newsroom” where he began his career were union officials—and that the unionized New York Times editorial writers are nothing more than [...]
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