–updated throughout summit– After over a year, it just now dawns on Pres. Obama that he should consider going smaller? That’s what the Wall Street Journal is reporting, even as the White House denies it. It’s the backdrop of the summit. The larger Obama health plan has been in jeopardy since last month, when Democrats [...]
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Gov. Paterson and his Thug Aide
Governor of a big state uses his powers to help a key aide hide thuggery against a woman, said governor also using the police to nudge the woman into being, shall we say, a bit more cooperative. What century are we in? Well, the New York Times piece involving Paterson has dropped and it’s as [...]
Countdown to Blair House Health Care… er… Rumble!
What do you expect from tomorrow’s televised health care summit between Obama, Democrats and Republicans? Short answer: “PEOPLE SITTING AROUND ARGUING INTO MICROPHONES IS WHAT WE DO.” Nod to Ben Smith for this one. …and since the previous meta thread on Kevin Madden, Twitter and factoid analysis, I thought I’d draw attention to a woman [...]
Kevin Madden, Twitter and the Problem with Cherry Picked Factoids
I rarely do this, but let’s go meta for a moment. Kevin Madden was Mitt Romney’s former campaign aide. Not bad on the eyes, obviously smart and a favorite among the Beltway set, Madden dispenses analysis on Twitter like mini shots of political caffeine, delivering short bursts of cherry-picked political nuggets easily digested by people [...]
The Re-Election
“The gathering storm is the 2010 elections,” one top official said. … The themes for Obama’s campaign are not yet chosen, but a top adviser said not to expect a radical surprise: “He knows who he is.” – Exclusive: White House privately plots 2012 campaign run Mike Allen’s “exclusive” coming after David Plouffe re-joins the [...]
Gibbs: Public Plan Doesn’t Have ‘Enough Political Support in Majority’
Updating up front (4:00 pm), the remark from Robert Gibbs on the public option is one for the books: “We have seen obviously that though there are some that are supportive of this, there isn’t enough political support in a majority to get this through,” Gibbs responded. “The president… took the Senate bill as the [...]
President Rahm
Excuse me, but where’s the buck stop? Evidently in the Obama era, it stops with Rahm, anywhere but with Barack Obama. That’s because Democrats are having a terrible time figuring out what they do if the problem really is the President. He’s got three more years, then a re-election, so if this far out he’s [...]
REPORTING: President’s Health Care Proposal
“You know, they are saying, ‘Ignore the wishes of the American people. We know more about this than you do. And we’re going to jam it down your throats no matter what,’ ” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” – Washington Post Sen. McConnell provides the Republican reality and backdrop [...]
Disarray in Conserva-Land
Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney’s three-year run as conservatives’ favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual straw poll. – Fox News How embarrassing, Ron Paul won the straw poll. Mitt Romney was second with 21% of the vote, with Sarah Palin (AWOL at CPAC) at [...]
Why the Current Conversation on Health Care is a Walk on the Hamster Wheel
Everyone is writing posts with blaring headlines about “breaking news,” new developments, sign on, get busy, the public option is back, seeing a “revival” or some other lingo that offers hope for health care legislation that means something. I’m not buying it. It’s all political kabuki. Yes, there has been “breaking news,” just nothing that [...]
Marco Rubio: CPAC Star
–Cheney Surprises CPAC (update below)– video via Politico CPAC is in session, a “new conservative order” called. Very smart. Gavel into 2010 a commitment to re-energizing conservatism now that George W. Bush is a memory, with the enemy, Barack Obama, seen as destroying all that the conservatives hold dear. With Republicans understanding that a vote [...]
Of Obama, Bayh, and the Floundering Democratic Agenda
–bumped– According to the survey, 51 percent feel their own member of Congress should be re-elected — also an all-time low in CNN polling — while 44 percent say their representative doesn’t deserve to be returned to office in November. – CNN Poll: Anti-incumbent fever at record high Happy stimulus anniversary! The front page of [...]
ACTION ALERT: It’s Time To End DADT
“I’m reluctant to second-guess the military in this regard. When the chiefs come forward and say, ‘We think we can do it,’ then it strikes me that it’s — it’s time to reconsider the policy.” – Dick Cheney, former vice president Candidate Obama pledged to do it. Pres. Obama promised to do it, renewing his [...]
The Evan Bayh Problem
I tweeted this the second the news broke, also posting it In the News, but I’ve been busy on my project, so this is the first chance I’ve had to write about it… “I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but I do [...]
Stuck at State: The Hillary Hole
Joe the Plumber doesn’t like Sarah Palin anymore. Since the Tea Party blast directed at Palin, this is the second greatest news she’s gotten in a while. Having secured her outsider status, getting a little incoming from the right is not so bad for Sarah. As the attention on the former governor continues to rise, [...]
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