Ann Althouse, blogger and law professor who voted for Obama, has this to say about his pooh-poohing of procedural rules during his Bret Baier interview yesterday: As if procedure is a frivolous sidetrack that only trivial or devious people care … Continue reading →
Bart Stupak says that leading the fight against including abortion funding in the HCR bill has been “a living hell” for him and his family. He’s gotten threatening phone calls in the office and at home, and its affected his … Continue reading →
The Democratic meme of the moment is that the Slaughter solution is no biggie, it’s just a self-executing rule of a type that’s been employed many times before and which Republicans themselves use frequently (see also this and this). Really! … Continue reading →
Obama says he won’t campaign for Dems who fail to vote to pass HCR. That may be more of a bug than a feature, more likely to repel “yes” votes than attract them. Obama has become ballot-box poison—a process that … Continue reading →
Many have questioned whether the Slaughter solution, if used, would stand the test of constitutionality. Although no one knows, here’s a post at Volokh about a possibly relevant case, Public Citizen v United States District Court for the District of … Continue reading →
I have believed for quite some time that the Democrats will stop at nothing to pass HCR. They will do whatever it takes, even if they have to trash the entire Constitution to accomplish it. The stakes are that high … Continue reading →
Here’s an article presenting an interesting viewpoint on how the sweetheart deals that made it possible to pass HCR in the first place have made it more difficult to pass it now. But not, of course, impossible. More deals are … Continue reading →
Ah, the subtle nuanced thought processes of the liberal intelligentsia, as exemplified by Jonathan Cohn, senior editor at The New Republic and its resident social welfare policy and health care expert. Cohn sees discussion of the legal issues raised by … Continue reading →
…that if the Slaughter solution is used, members of the House will be able to outdo John Kerry in ludicrousness. Remember when Kerry famously said, “I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it”? Well, now … Continue reading →
I wrote earlier that I didn’t know whether the Slaughter solution would hold up, and I still don’t know. Will it bring reluctant Dems in the House on board? Does Pelosi have the cojones to go through with it? And … Continue reading →
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 Senate Parliamentarian drives one more stake into the vampire’s heart. A few more stakes here. But the vampire staggers on.
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