Here's John McCain last night: During his first year in office, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have amassed a $12.4 trillion deficit that is growing each day. As Josh Marshall wrote...
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Our U2 Covers theme week continues with... The Roots performing a U2 medley including "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Pride"
Snap Reactions to the State of the Union
Here's what I really liked... --This president has an incredible knack for combining both big oratory with a very conversational -- almost informal -- style in his joint session addresses. He totally...
State of the Union Open Thread
Discuss all of your State of the Union observations here. I'll be here and on Twitter with my thoughts. UPDATE: Transcript here.
Does Pelosi Have the Votes?
Reports are coming in from all around that Nancy Pelosi said that she does, in fact, have enough votes to pass the Senate healthcare reform bill. I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more as the day wears...
New Huffington Post Column
Progressives vs. The President Can't wait to be flamed on this one. Enjoy, Digg and Twitter often!
Fake Pimp Gate
Yesterday, I made a tongue-in-cheek remark about how Fox News might've paid O'Keefe to wiretap Mary Landrieu's office. I was wrong. It might've been Andrew Breitbart. But he's denying the allegation.
The New Insufferables?
Reconciliation for the House fixes on healthcare reform will eliminate the need for Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Lieberman, Evan Bayh and Mary Landrieu. The Insufferables. But several weeks ago...
Pass the Damn Bill Now!
The House is ready to pass the damn bill. Now it's up to the Senate to pass the fixes. Leading Democrats in the House still insist that "all options are on the table" to move ahead on health care...
The Public Option Is Back on the Table
I'm not getting my hopes up, but this is encouraging: ...in order to move health care through the House, Democrats either need to pick up progressives or conservatives. And the budget reconciliation...
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Our U2 Covers theme week continues with... Smashing Pumpkins performing U2's "Stay (Faraway so close)"
Looks Like Meat's Back on the Menu, Boys
It looks like we're moving closer to passing the House healthcare reform provisions as amendments via reconciliation. Laying out the way forward on health care reform Tuesday, House Majority Leader...
Fake Pimp Busted
My favorite story of the week. Those scam artists who caught ACORN on videotape have been arrested by the FBI for trying to wiretap Mary Landrieu's office. Not to jump the gun on conspiracy theories...
Job Creation Tax Credits
Paul Krugman wrote a pretty alarming post today about the president's proposed spending freeze, and ended with this: Now, I still cling to a fantasy: maybe, just possibly, Obama is going to tie his...
Whose Money Will Be Frozen?
The likely answer: poor people. Spending on social programs to help the poor will get slammed down by the spending freeze (Medicaid, however, is exempt from the freeze). Ezra Klein outlines that the...
Evan Bayh's Common Sense Solutions
I love it -- love it! -- when Democrats repeat Republican frames. Very helpful and effective to reinforce what these wackaloons have to say. Evan Bayh, for example, was on Morning Joe this morning...
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Our U2 Covers theme week continues with... Sepultra covering U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky"
A Spending Freeze? Okay, Why?
I hear that healthcare and a second stimulus will be exempt, but this is really strange during a tenuous economic recovery: President Barack Obama will propose a three-year freeze on federal spending...
Wingnut History Began on January 20, 2009
It's just staggering what Fox News and wingnuttia will latch onto. Today, Fox Nation posted a front page item showing President Obama with his feet propped up on the Resolute Desk, with the headline:...
Superman vs. Bizarro Superman
I've been grappling with this conflicting agenda for most of the last several months, but today it seems more obvious than most. How, specifically, does the White House plan to focus on creating jobs...