Tuesday Open Thread

It's Tuesday! Do you feel the excitement of election day even if you're not voting? If you do, you might be a political junkie. The Daily Show held an important…

I Blame The RINOs

For months I've been asking myself,  how did the Republican Party devolve into madness?  It seems to have happened overnight - most notably election night last November - but I…

I Still Say F U Lieberman

Color me skeptical: Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, according to two…

I Weep At This Tale Of Woe

Does anyone remember the McCain health care plan? Yeah, I didn't either. On the campaign trail, Holtz-Eakin promoted McCain's plan to eliminate the tax exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance and…

Call It! Final Predictions of Nov 3 Elections

This weekend's dramatic turn of events up in NY-23 means that the teabaggers bagged a real scalp from the establishment Republicans and no matter the outcome, the Republican Party (at least the part that is serious about governing) has a real problem on its hands. The media will be repeating that this election is a referendum on Obama (while the only nationalized election is NY23) even though Obama is holding his own with approval ratings pretty close to his election winning numbers and these other races haven't been nationalized in the way NY 23 has been.