Glenn Beck vs. Fox
I've always thought that Glenn Beck would flame out sooner rather than later. You can't make your living as a prophet of doom & gloom if the doom & gloom…
Monday Open Thread
Beware the Ides of March! Today is the Ides of March and also the Breitbartocalypse. At this time tomorrow the "institutional left" will have ceased to exist. I suppose you'll…
Health Care Reform: The Endgame
Robert Gibbs was on the Sunday shows yesterday and said that by next week health care reform will be the law of the land: "We'll have the votes when the…
Impeach Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas was in the court majority in the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which overturned a century's worth of regulations barring unlimited spending by corporations in political campaigns. Virginia…
Weekend Open Thread
Welcome to a rain-soaked, windy open thread. I don't know about you but I think I'm actually living in a marsh. Are you ready for an open thread? Texas decided…
Warren Redlich Speaks
Warren Redlich, who owns the campaign domain for the Christine O'Donnell's 2008 Senate campaign website gives us the scoop on his interactions with the O'Donnell team. Comment by Warren Redlich…
I Have The World’s Smallest Violin
My violin weeps for Bart Stupak. He went from the U.S.'s most important Congressman to irrelevant. He went to a publication that has only the Democratic party's best interest in…
Friday Open Thread
TGIF! It looks like the wonderful spring-like sunny weather is not going to hold through the weekend, unfortunately. Let's roll with the open thread. Democrats overwhelmingly want to pass the…
Harry Reid Eats His Wheaties
I'd like to start this post with a sincere wish for the rapid recovery of Harry Reid's wife and daughter, who were in a serious car accident yesterday. Health care reform looks more certain to pass any day now. One hold-up has been the distrust between the House and the Senate. The Senate is now an almost completely dysfunctional body and the House is worried that the fixes to the health care bill will not see action. There are now at least 54 Senators on board with reconciliation for the sidecar bill containing fixes to the Senate bill and Harry Reid has sent a letter of notice to Mitch McConnell that Democrats are going to pursue reconciliation:
Thursday Open Thread
Welcome to Thursday and welcome to your open thread. As usual, I'll provide a couple of links for you to talk about if you wish but there is nothing that…
A Bill We Should All Support – Medicare Buy-In
Progressive hero Alan Grayson has introduced a short 4-page bill to allow Americans to buy into Medicare coverage (without subsidies). Think Progress's Wonk Room describes the bill, called the "Public…
Republicans Want To Raise Your Taxes
Paul Ryan is a Wisconsin Republican and a rising star in the party. He's the ranking member of the House Budget Committee and several weeks ago he unveiled his plan…
Wednesday Open Thread
Welcome to Wednesday! Is anyone else finding this week incredibly long? It's time for your open thread, so tell us what's on your mind. Hey, I love this news but…