John Boehner several days ago: "If the President intends to present any kind of legislative proposal at this discussion, will he make it available to members of Congress and the American people at...
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Evan Bayh on Morning Joe
Bayh is really pathetic. While chickening out because being in Congress is so hard and people argue about important issues, he scolded the left by suggesting, "Some progress is better than none."...
Who's Running for the Hills?
Michael Steele echoing Dick Morris: In a statement, Steele put Bayh's announcement in the context of other recent Democratic retirements, saying that it was a sign Democrats were "running for the...
Morning Awesome
Mastadon - "Oblivion" Chez writes: "In space, no one can hear you shred. Unless you're Mastodon."
Bayh is Better Than Random Wingnut X
Nate Silver appears to concur with my initial reaction: [E]lecting someone slightly to the left of center is usually a win for the liberal party in a slightly-to-the-right-of-center jurisdiction...
No New White House Healthcare Plan
I didn't think there would be, but it turns out that the plan the White House intends to post online will be the final compromise between the Senate and the House bills. Ezra Klein confirms: I spoke...
Republican Bitching All Around
The Republicans will be attending the big summit: Republicans, demanding to have a say in the summit’s format and warning for days they have no interest in attending a "public relations" exercise...
Holy Crap! How Did She Do That?
From the current front page of The Huffington Post:The Granny did what now? Here's the actual back story.
Retirements
I received a spam email from Dick Morris informing me that Senate Democrats are "dropping like flies." For the record, six Senate Republicans are retiring. And now with Bayh, only five Senate...
Bayh is Full of Shit
He's claiming that "excessive partisanship" is driving him out of the Senate. Seriously. One of the examples he cited was the failure of the debt commission -- which failed due to a Republican...
Evan Bayh To Retire
This was a little unexpected: Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek re-election this year, a decision that hands Republicans a prime pickup opportunity in the middle of the country. "After all these...
Rachel Maddow on Meet the Press
Rachel is outstanding. By the way, accepting the money (or tax cut) is very different from praising it, publicly embracing it, bragging about it, and posing with a giant novelty check at a ribbon...
Morning Joe and Obama Follow-Through
Today on Morning Joe, there was an extended conversation about how President Obama "can give great speeches, but he can't follow through." This is a ridiculous myth. The president, in fact, has the...
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Beastie Boys featuring The Roots - "So What'cha Want" Live on Jimmy Fallon
The War on the Establishment Clause
Via Lance Armstrong (really) who referred to this as "seriously scary," the New York Times published an extended piece this week about the Christian conservative war on the separation of church and...
Teabagger Fantasies Barely Mask the Truth
All joking aside, the tea party movement comes down to two things: 1) ignorance, which thinly masks its 2) racism. Watching Chase Whiteside's latest video, along with the following poll, seals the...
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Nine Inch Nails - "Survivalism"
Teabaggers and Birthers Love Sarah
Chase Whiteside brings us another brilliant look at the far-right.
The Original Sarah Palin
Dan Quayle emerged from exile to give us this nugget of stupid about reconciliation: "So, therefore, you have 51 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate. That is not what our Founding Fathers...
Moving the Goal Posts
Incidentally, I really hate sports metaphors in politics. But that headline is the best description possible for the following statement from John Boehner about the healthcare summit. Reacting to the...