It has recently been pointed out to me…
…that I have so far written 467 posts with the tag “Obama.” ARGHHHH!!!!
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Two good pieces on health care reform and the Democrats
In Forbes, Shikha Dalmia offers a good summary of the present state of health care reform. It’s worth reading the whole thing, but here’s a short excerpt: …[B]oth the Democratic Party and President Obama have mutually reinforcing blind spots that … Continue reading →
The Parliamentarian and health care reform reconciliation
The Senate Parliamentarian drives one more stake into the vampire’s heart. A few more stakes here. But the vampire staggers on.
Continue reading →Symmetry
The Massa and Foley incidents are starting to show a strange symmetry.
Continue reading →Comment of the day: power and the rule of law
Commenter Wolla Dalbo writes: I think that a lot of commenters here are basing their analysis on a false assumption, and that false assumption is that the Democrats care at all about the rule of law, parliamentary procedure, Democracy, our … Continue reading →
The Republican 41
Anyone think RINOs are good for nothing? This is exactly what they are good for. Every single Republican Senator (and that includes leading Maine RINOs extraordinaire—or are the RINOettes?— Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins has signed on in an attempt … Continue reading →
Slaughter: hey, I know! Let’s change the rules so that we don’t have to vote at all
I must confess I don’t understand how this could possibly get by: House Rules Chairwoman Louise Slaughter is prepping to help usher the healthcare overhaul through the House and potentially avoid a direct vote on the Senate overhaul bill, the … Continue reading →
They can’t even get their lies lined up
Dick Durbin slips and tells an inconvenient truth: He better stay away from the Congressional showers.
Continue reading →Affairs of state: Nicolas and Chantal and Carla and Benjamin
It’s all tré¨s Frané§ais. The marriage of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni appears to have succumbed to simultaneous affairs, he with Junior Minister for Ecology Chantal Jouanno and she with singer Benjamin Biolay. I say, if … Continue reading →
Clinging to their guns and…
…fishing rods.
Continue reading →Health care reform: what’s the rush?
Health care reform has had so many missed legislative deadlines that it’s difficult to count them. The first one I can remember was last summer. The goal was to pass this thing before the American people had time to study … Continue reading →
Pelosi: does she…
…or doesn’t she? Have the votes for HCR, that is? Even Pelosi doesn’t know for sure. As for me, I would not believe a word that comes out of Pelosi’s mouth. And that includes “and” and “the.” While it’s true … Continue reading →