–bumped – cross-posted on Huffington Post– In the special election to replace Edward M. Kennedy, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party leadership were handed their heads in the most stunning, avoidable repudiation of ineptitude in recent political memory. Obama’s reaction, which was given through an interview with George Stephanopoulos, as translated by Paul Krugman is: [...]
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Dear Dems: Pass Senate Bill At Your Peril
Dumbest God help us idea of the day, compliments of Jonathan Cohn: But you can pass health care reform very quickly if you want. All you have to do is vote for the Senate bill, as written. Yes, I’m aware of its flaws. But it’s also far better than nothing. (Heck, if you’re a centrist, [...]
Critical Mass
Once upon a time… Martha Coakley said she would not have voted for the House health care bill with Stupak in it. If the Democratic leadership had followed the lead of many liberals and progressives in the party we wouldn’t be in this mess in Massachusetts. Democratic arrogance in not listening has compounded the problem. [...]
Wrong Track Number A Killer
updated Obama needs to stop playing inside games with bankers and insurance lobbyists, and start being a fighter for regular Americans. Otherwise, he can kiss it all goodbye. – Robert Kuttner (Robert Kuttner is Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect, from Massachusetts) No one ever said what Kuttner wrote about Obama above about Martin [...]
Obama to Boston Crowd: ‘Fired Up!’
Obama comes to the rescue of Martha Coakley in Boston. Will it work? Ben Smith tweets what I’ve been hearing. Charlie Cook’s predictable pronouncement, via Mike Allen: “This past Thursday, Jan. 14, The Cook Political Report moved the open Massachusetts Senate seat rating from lean Democrat to toss-up, having moved it from solid Democrat to [...]
The Hold Your Nose To Vote For Them Democratic Party
Joining a lot of voices from lurkers sending me emails, as well as commenters, a TPM reader throws me further into the time machine. When Reagan was king and Democrats running for national office had me holding my nose to vote for them: Reader SD “will vote for her while holding my nose.” Christina Bellantoni [...]
Dems Should Be Winning in a Walk in Massachusetts
Nate Silver weighs in, also the provider of the graph here. Democrats should be asking themselves how they let this happen, because it’s turned into a run away train. Just take a look at Memeorandum this morning. With the right energized and moving into Massachusetts because they smell political blue blood. At stake is health [...]
R&B Soulman Salute
So long, Teddy. Thanks for the sounds of soul. Teddy Pendergrass was one of the best, until a car crash landed him in a wheelchair. It takes a whole body for a chirp to be able to make full sounds. Here’s to Teddy. Consider this a topic free for all. Of course, the big news [...]
The Stupid of Harry Reid
I’m sorry about the headline, but I’ve just had it. It’s hard to know what to do with the daily embarrassment that has become Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid’s misadventures. But this week we’ve got multiple mishaps from which to choose. Reid says Joe Lieberman “double-crossed” him on health care. From the New York Times [...]
AP: Gov. Officials Fear 500,000 Dead
What word hasn’t been used for the awful aftermath in Haiti? The usual suspect, Pat Robertson, waded in with his signatured insulting, tone deaf rantings of a mad old man (video), this time invoking some Satanic pact, who even with Joe Scarborough’s compassionate tweets, couldn’t be saved from himself. However, Robertson got company when Rush [...]
So, You Want to Be a New York Senator?
The Politico headline is the jumping off point. The subtitle the lede: Harold Ford’s political weakness may be his high-paid job at Merrill Lynch and a gilded Manhattan life. Yeah, because we all know how much the American electorate is ready to sign on to that this year. Mr. Ford declined to discuss what he [...]
How Clueless Is The Democratic Leadership?
updated The headline here is from Talking Points Memo, to which I reply DUH. Though I’m not picking on TPM, but instead utilizing the headline to make a larger point. Democrats remain clueless as to what they’re facing in 2010. This includes Pres. Obama, who obviously doesn’t get it either. You’d think what happened on [...]
Health Care Test for Unions
“It could well be” a recipe for disaster in 2010, Trumka told a group of reporters. “I just came back from southern California. I was in five or six places out there… it is amazing the number of people that come up to you unsolicited and say, ‘I’m really worried about this health care bill.’” [...]
In Gillibrand v. Ford, Women’s Civil Rights at Stake
Who knows, maybe New York will make Harold Ford, Jr. lean left. But that simply hasn’t been his record, regardless of his protestations in the New York Post, of all papers, today. Recently, Mr. Ford said he’d “evolved” on gay marriage (“Today” show video), having voted against it in Tennessee, supporting the Defense of Marriage [...]
The McDonnell Economic Model
updated below Bob McDonnell won the Virginia governorship because he was running against a pitifully weak Democratic candidate, but also because he used economic discontent, something Frank Rich talks about today, which extends to health care, while utilizing Democrats in Washington as the target model, tapping into what independents are feeling right now, while simultaneously [...]
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