Whether Obama bashing, teeth gnashing, tea party crashing, or GOP trashing—it's time for progressives to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk. There be elections here! (Yes, I'm a trekkie.) And we have a chance to create...
We have come far enough from the Christmas attack to start to draw some conclusions. For this discussion, I will not assume that there was any deliberate effort to stitch up Obama. I am coming to the conclusion that...
In perusing the headlines at HP, I stumbled upon a very interesting article by Congressman Eric Massa of New York. Apparently, the most recent personal attack on President Obama by a certain former vice-president has finally provoked a...
Thanks to a discussion on NPR yesterday, I became aware of a little provision in tax law that in the age of the wealthy consolidating greater wealth, is an abomination.
Due to the Bush changes to the Estate Tax(or as...
WASHINGTON DC -- On a cold Christmas Eve morning the United States Senate met for one last vote on H.R. 3590. With Vice President Joe Biden presiding the voting concluded with a 60-39 party-line vote. The vote follows 25...
Talking Points Memo has just put out this sobering article:
Fragile Health Care Agreement Fraying? Whispers, But Not Yet
Some Democrats are popping champagne and already writing campaign talking points for how to champion a health care bill they believe President...
From Talking Points Memo:
Senate Votes Again And Just One Vote Left On Health Care
The Senate just cleared its next-to-last procedural hurdle before passing its version of the health care bill.
In a predictable 60-39 vote, senators invoked cloture on final...
It would seem that while railing about "Socialism", "Marxism", or just plain old "Obamanism", some of our hypocritical Senators and Representatives have themselves been feeding from the trough of national welfare. Blanche Lincoln D(AR), Max Baucas D(MT), Chuck Grassely...
Amidst a DC blizzard Senators arrived for a cloture vote that began at 1:01am EST to determine whether or not to end the debate on major amendments for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The result was a...
The battle over Health Care Reform, the Stimulus Bill, global warming legislation, etc. has brought one thing clearly into focus.
The filibuster has transformed The Senate into an undemocratic, unrepresentative body of The People.
Imagine if our Presidential elections had the...
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