Beaker performs "Dust in the Wind"
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Robert Gibbs Makes with the Palin Joke
I second John Cole's reaction to this: Excellent and funny. Robert Gibbs mocking Sarah Palin's stupid cheat sheet. We must never stop mocking her unbelievable lack of smarts, veracity and substance...
Obama vs. Boehner! Fight!
Greg Sargent reports: At the private White House meeting today between Obama and Congressional leaders, the President and John Boehner got into a testy exchange, aides say, with Obama charging that...
Best Damn Healthcare Ever
HealthAmerica denied coverage for a life saving cancer treatment -- for a five year old boy. They should be summarily forced out of business for this. Unforgivable. And yet we're dawdling on reform...
Brilliant Politics on Healthcare. Finally.
Steve Benen lays out the wizardry of the president's televised healthcare summit idea: In the larger context, it's a reminder that the summit invitation puts Republicans in an awkward spot. If they...
'Retard = Sometimes Funny'
The continued comedy genius of Stephen Colbert:
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Doof Quote of the Day
"God, that was a dumb idea." Mitch McConnell yesterday on the 2005 Republican effort to kill the filibuster In hindsight, it was a good idea, actually. But "killing the filibuster" is a misleading...
Bush Billboard: 'Miss Me Yet?'
Someone actually thought this was a great idea. Oliver Willis responds with a series of billboards of his own. But the nearsighted stupidity this billboard represents is beyond confounding. Yes...
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Wes Anderson's Spider-Man
Calling the Republican Bluff
This is all playing out nicely. With this idea of a televised summit, the president called the Republican bluff about listening to their (ridiculous) ideas about healthcare. It's not even 48 hours...
The Sarah Palin Fantasy
The level of delusion about Sarah Palin is staggering. Rich Lowry complete with starbursts: She's had since September, 2008 to study. And yet she still has to scrawl "tax cuts" on her hand so she...
Republicans Are Blocking the Jobs Bill
I sincerely hope the DNC is readying the midterm commercials about this one. Brian Beutler reports: Democrats still don't have enough votes to overcome a filibuster, and unless they can win over at...
Congressman John Murtha Dead at 77
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family. While he wasn't...
Proof the Republicans Don't Intend to Play
Eric Cantor says it's the Republican way or they're not buying: After going it alone on health care reform for nearly a year, President Obama has decided he wants to bring Republicans into the...
They Won't Vote for Healthcare No Matter What
Last night, I wrote about the president's attempt at a bipartisan way forward on healthcare and how it's probably just cover to pass the Senate bill and a reconciliation package of fixes. Greg...
Final Word on Palin and Name-calling
Sarah Palin with Chris Wallace on name-calling: Name-calling by anyone, I teach this to my children and you teach it to your children and grandchildren, too. Name calling by anyone is just...
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Uh Huh Her - "Explode"
The Big Healthcare Show
I think I'm getting a clearer picture on what the president has in mind for healthcare. I believe the Democrats are pursuing two tracks. 1) They're preparing a strategy to pass the current Senate...
Bill Passing Fever! Catch it! Part 6
President Obama is getting tough on healthcare. Yesterday at the DNC: "The easiest thing to do right now would be to just say, 'Oh, this is too hard. You know, let's just regroup and, you know, lick...