Archive for 2010
Shep Smith Is Tired of the Overheated Rhetoric Too
…and apparently took RNC Chair Steele to task on this during his show today: The Large Hadron Collider ran through a bunch of tests last week (and will shut down for some maintenance) and the predicted end of the world did not happen. HCR was passed in the House yesterday and the world still spins […]
Mike Castle’s HCR Response — The Unbelievable Lameness of Faux Moderation
As xstryker noted last night, Mike Castle definitely voted no for HCR and its reconciliation bill. Castle’s office put out a press statement on last night’s historic vote, that should be read in it’s entirety to fully comprehend how badly he is managing to maintain any moderate cred while marching lockstep with his party. But let’s take a look at a few things here:
Monday Open Thread
Welcome comrades, to your new Socialist Utopia. All citizens are required to report to the nearest Death Panel for processing. It’s open thread time! The major work of health care reform legislation is over, but there is still the reconciliation package to pass in the Senate: The House approved the Senate bill last night, warts […]
Where Do Republicans Go From Here?
Republicans rolled the dice when it came to killing Health Care Reform. And they lost. My question is where they go from here? Coincidentally, David Frum asked the same question: No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed. Even if Republicans scored a 1994 style landslide in November, how many votes could we muster […]
What Determined How Democrats Voted?
Nate Silver does an excellent breakdown of the statistics behind how each House Democrat voted on health care reform. The basic conclusion is that conservative Democrats from districts that had <40% of the vote go to Obama were the no votes. The amount of insurance company money a member received or the number of % […]
A Historic Moment
The Senate health insurance reform bill just passed the House by a vote of 219-212. No matter how you feel about the bill, you must recognize the historic moment. Republicans all voted no. 34 Democrats also voted no. Speaker Pelosi will be remembered by history as one of the most powerful and effective speakers, ever. […]
Forget March Madness
Who cares about college basketball (actually, since my bracket got busted when Villanova lost, I don’t care anymore). The real college championship right now is the NCAA Hockey Tournament. My alma mater, the DU Pioneers, the #1 ranked team in the nation, open up play on Friday in Albany against RIT. Go DU!!!! http://www.uscho.com/
Today’s HCR Vote Program
So today is the day, and today is when we get to know whether Nancy Pelosi and President Obama have been able to pull this one out (Intrade futures on this effort have been going up since early this month — you can buy at this writing at 92.1). You can use this as a live blogging thread (if you are glued to CSPAN and not out in this glorious weather).
Who Speaks For Me On This Issue?
Exhibit one on why we need to have more representation for women in government: abortion restrictions in the health care reform bill. A group of “pro-life” (which means life begins at conception and ends at birth) Democrats were willing to deny 32 million already existing people health insurance because the bill fails to outlaw a […]
This has Gotten Out-of-Hand
It’s bad enough that we had to endure a Summer and Fall of “Crazy Eileens” disrupting meetings with their anti-health care reform rhetoric and their crazy birther BS, on Congressmen calling the POTUS a liar while on the floor of the House, of self-styled commentators on FAUX news calling progressives a cancer on socitey, but now […]
Deem and Pass Is Out
After spending a week getting themselves all riled up about “Demon Pass”, it seems the procedural maneuver has been ruled out: House leaders have decided to take a separate vote on the Senate health-care bill, rejecting an earlier, much-criticized strategy that would have permitted them to “deem” the unpopular measure passed without an explicit vote. […]
Weekend Open Thread
Welcome to the first day of Spring! It certainly feels like spring out there. I’ve been puttering around in my yard this afternoon. This is a big weekend – tomorrow the House votes on the health care reform bill. It’s still down to the wire but the House Democrats are seeming increasingly confident. So, let’s […]
Castle On The Attack
Mike Castle’s attack machine appears to be stirring. Yesterday I saw this message on Twitter: Dozens of NCC employees to be laid off in July as a result of Coons’ budget. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/yazxuxg http://fb.me/sUhrYIPW I couldn’t get the first link to work, but the second link leads to the same message on his Facebook […]
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