The Mississippi Health Care Stomp

You hear that sucking sound? Yeah, that's state of Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour was on Hardball the other day and commented how he thinks states would do a better job…

Sometimes Size Doesn’t Matter

Matthew Yglesias has a great look at the size of bills on Capitol HIll and disingenuousness of Republicans who complain about a bill's length. The bill is long in part…

After The Deluge

Tropical Storm Ida has left her mark on Delaware. The question we have is will we learn from Ida's destruction or will we keep on doing the same old, same…

Death Panelling Goes For Cheap

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) writes in The New York Times about his intentions and the ramifications of a small piece of legislation he added into the health care package. .…

Where Did You Hear That Before?

Lobbyists ghostwrote a few, no, several, no, many speeches that uttered during the historic health care debate last week reports The New York Times. Statements by more than a dozen…

War – What Is It Good For?

Matthew Yglesias takes a look at the cost of war versus the economic benefits on the home front and comes to the standard meme that the financial burden of war…

Biden To Appear on The Daily Show

Pen this in on your calendar, Vice President Joe Biden will appear on The Daily Show Tuesday night. Last week we had soon-to-be-retired Congressman Mike Castle on Colbert talking about…

Ted Kaufman, Rock Star?

Things I learned today when reading the New York Times article that featured Senator Ted Kaufman. Kaufman has reached rock-star status among Senate professional staff On a weekly basis, recognizes…