Via Benen: Today could be a crucial day in the fight for reform. In the worst case scenario -- if Coakley loses, Scott Brown takes the seat and healthcare reform is killed -- healthcare reform will...
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I Wonder Sometimes If Change Is Possible
I'm wondering if it's even possible for a president to create long-term sustainable change when electoral impatience is so prevalent. What we're seeing in Massachusetts is an impatience with the...
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Suicidal Tendencies
Kevin Drum: And the depth of the revolt against Obama has been striking too. As near as I can tell, there's a small but significant minority who are so enraged that they'd be perfectly happy to see...
The Big Progressive Disconnect
Here we are on the verge of losing a 60 vote supermajority in the Senate -- throwing real healthcare reform into serious jeopardy after coming this close to passing it. Even if Coakley wins, I'm...
Get Ready to Be Obnoxious, GOP Congressmen
The president's first State of the Union address is set for January 27. Which Republican will embarrass him- or herself this time?
Plan B on Healthcare
The most likely solution to passing healthcare reform if Coakley loses tomorrow appears to be this: the House passes the Senate bill, and the president signs it. The Senate agrees to pass the House...
The Progressive 'Morning in America'
E.J. Dionne makes a wonderfully excellent point in his column today: Progressives will never reach their own Morning in America unless they use the Gipper's method to offer their own critique of the...
To the Women of Massachusetts
Please turn out in massive numbers tomorrow to vote against this empty-suited idiot. The crowd responded enthusiastically as Brown made his case against AG Martha Coakley (D)—even interrupting...
Everyone Is Stupid Except TV News
On Morning Joe just now, Tom Brokaw was complaining that Americans don't know what's in the healthcare reform bill. Scarborough laughing the background. As if this is the fault of the Democrats and...
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Idiot
A Sullivan reader writes: We all want health care to pass. We all want Obama to succeed. We all want Coakley to go away. That's a problem for Coakley. That's a problem for all of us. Phenomenal...
One Year to Fix Eight
During his appearance in Boston for Marth Coakley, President Obama said something that cut through a lot of the clutter we've been hearing over the past year. He noted that the Democrats have only...
Quote of the Day
"So think of this as 2004. Are you really, really going to give Bush a second term because Kerry is so easily portrayed as an elitist hack? C'mon, Massachusetts Independents. Give the president the...
Some Thoughts on Massachusetts and Stupidity
For all of the Democratic Party's faults -- their big-tent disorganization, slowness and occasional political bungling -- they're still leaps and bounds ahead of the Republicans who deserve most of...
Calling the Teabagger's Populist Bluff
The Obama administration's proposed $90 billion bank fee isn't a huge deal, but it's brilliant politics. Benen quotes MSNBC: There was some speculation this week about the politics: "[I]t does put...
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Boy Was I Wrong About the Teabaggers
Almost a year ago when the tea parties started up, I predicted that they wouldn't last very long. I incorrectly thought they'd go the way of most of Malkin's little zingers and ditties -- "I am James...
Is the Bill Killed if Coakley Loses?
Probably not. Jon Chait lays out the options: 1. Finish up the House-Senate negotiations quickly and hold a vote before Scott Brown is seated. Republicans will scream, but how could they scream any...
FDA Targets Dangerous Chemical in Plastics
You've probably heard about the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) used to make clear plastic and which has been proven to leech into bottled water. Well, it looks like the FDA is taking a harder look: In a...