updated “If you think you are sick of Joe Lieberman now,” Jim Shea, a columnist in The Hartford Courant, wrote Monday, “just wait until you get sick.” – Lieberman Gets Ex-Party to Shift on Health Plan We’ve gone from the Teddy Kennedy health care bill to the Joe Lieberman bill. The Senate proving it’s a failed institution [...] [...more]
The video featuring Carly Fiorina stunned me. I interviewed Ms. Fiorina last year, someone who, regardless of her politics, is a fearless female who has ascended the business world, had plenty of troubles doing it and staying there, but just keeps on going. Having known many people struck by cancer out of nowhere, I have [...] [...more]
That’s the first question I’d ask the right. After all, they’re the ones that dragged us into this mess in the first place. …and by “right,” I mean both Republicans and Democrats, because women have clearly got enemies on our side these days. If the answer is no, then I’d say that ends it for Stupak-Pitts and [...] [...more]
It won’t even have to be organized. It will happen organically. Because this isn’t just political, it’s personal. Let us review the past week, since the Stupak amendment sent shock waves through the progressive tribe of the Democratic Party First, Democrats have an easy solution that’s been out there from the start. Reconciliation. Especially given the consequences, which [...] [...more]
Gallop’s new poll shows warning signs for 2010. Republicans are ahead in what’s called the generic ballot. As if we didn’t see that in last week’s election, especially under independent defections. However, all of this is just at the warning stage. The question is not whether Dems can fix the problem. It’s will they? We’ll [...] [...more]
I’d cackle at this column on Salon.com if it weren’t so seriously pathetic. Ms. Paglia begins… Pelosi’s victory for women Sure, her healthcare bill is a mess, but her gritty maneuvering shows her mettle…. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi scored a giant gain for feminism last weekend. In shoving her controversy-plagued healthcare reform bill [...] [...more]
updated – bumped from early a.m. photo via Huffington Post Greg Sargent, who is one of the good guys, loses himself completely today, writing a stunning post in which he posits Speaker Pelosi as the “lioness of the House,” and played a “Kennedyesque role” in getting the House health care bill passed. Smelling salts, please, I think [...] [...more]
updated Although House liberals voted for the bill with the amendment to keep the process moving forward, Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.) said she has collected more than 40 signatures from House Democrats vowing to oppose any final bill that includes the amendment — enough to block passage. “There’s going to be a firestorm here,” DeGette said. [...] [...more]
Stuck in this mess with you. Paul Krugman weighs in on the meaning of NY-23 today. It’s the exact point I made last week when I wrote that Sarah Palin was now the GOP establishment, which he takes further to diagnosis as political paranoia coming from the right. America is being take away from them! Man [...] [...more]
expanded from cross-post at Huffington Post The first female Speaker of the House makes history by passing a health care bill that not only doesn’t have a robust public option, but also sells out women’s civil rights. The Republicans acted reprehensibly today, heckling women lawmakers like the chamber was a frat house. Then there were the [...] [...more]
updated “We got more than what we thought we’d get” – Rep. Bart Stupak (via C-SPAN) That says it all, now doesn’t it? Not quite: Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea [...] [...more]
Good morning. How’s your job security? Unemployment reached 10.2% today, which surprises no one. Meanwhile, we’re at a health care tipping point. What’s on the line? Women’s civil rights, for one: A compromise measure crafted by Rep. Brad Ellsworth, an antiabortion Democrat from Indiana, would require federal health officials operating the public insurance plan created [...] [...more]
via ABC No exaggeration there at all, I’m sure. Pres. Obama showed up at the press briefing today touting the endorsement of the House bill by the AARP, at the same time that the CBO absolutely eviscerated the Republican’s “plan.” Meanwhile, you’ve got dueling protests on the left and right, with people arrested at Sen. Joe [...] [...more]
It may not be all that you want, but no other person has done it. That it was accomplished by the first female Speaker of the House is no small milestone. It’s not easy for women in politics, especially when your job requires toughness. But if the speaker is tough, it is also a tough world [...] [...more]
“… Nancy Pelosi, to her credit, has been left to round up votes for a tough public option without much help from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. You know, the idea that the President could have maybe come in and said, you know what, here’s ten guys that I can sway. If the President [...] [...more]
