This is certainly a fascinating and encouraging development. A House Blue Dog, Rep. Mike Ross (D-AK), has come out in favor of simply opening up Medicare to everyone (with higher reimbursement rates)...
Blue Dog Supports Medicare for All
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Author - Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
Rush - "Show Don't Tell" From the great (and very underrated) Presto album Celebrating its 20th anniversary next month, Presto always reminds me of autumn.
Loving Every Minute of This
Limbaugh is having an all out tantrum about this NFL thing. Check this out: LIMBAUGH: They [Democrats] have to have a villain to advance everything, because they cannot sell their ideas. They had to...
Sphincters and 60 Votes
Ezra wrote an interesting piece about 60 votes versus 60 "seats." While it's true that there aren't any guarantees that Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Joe Lieberman and Mary Landrieu will vote with the...
Fall Fundraising Drive – Day Four
It's the second to last day of our quarterly fundraiser. Your generosity helps to keep this blog up and running smoothly, and since we're not hosted on one of the various free services, the blog...
Arianna on the Ed Show
Arianna Huffington just ripped into MSNBC on the Ed Show for its wall-to-wall "voyeuristic" balloon boy coverage. It was a Jon Stewart Crossfire moment. Ed Schultz seemed really offended. UPDATE:...
Quote of the Day
"Anyone who had any doubts about the need for such an option need only look at the behavior of the health insurance industry this week. The idea that we would have health insurance reform without a...
Worst Persons
The Associated Press. Could President Obama be "obnoxiously articulate?" The AP wants to know.
White Hands Castellanos on the Take
Who could've guessed that life-long political operative and smear-monger Alex Castellanos would continue to appear on CNN without disclosing that he's being paid by AHIP -- the health insurance lobby...
But He's Friendly and Grandfatherly!
The headline of Pat Buchanan's column this week: The Affirmative Action Nobel Didn't Rush Limbaugh get fired from ESPN for implying that Donovan McNabb was being praised just because he's African...
The Baucus Excuse
Following their first meeting yesterday, Dodd, Reid and Baucus released a short statement that didn't say much of anything. But it did include what we can now nickname The Baucus Excuse: There was...
Morning Awesome
Elvis Costello - "Peace, Love and Understanding" Live on the Late Show
Limbaugh Denied His Rosebud
I just love this Limbaugh football story. If there's one thing Limbaugh loves almost as much as hillbilly heroin, it's football. He's fully passionate about it. And yet he's repeatedly denied the one...
Change We Can Believe In
Seriously. If you still think the Obama administration is "too much like Bush" (while, simultaneously, urging him to be "more like Bush") after reading this, I just don't know what to tell you. The...
Fall Fundraising Drive – Day Three in 3D
It's day three of our quarterly fundraising drive. Once again, big hugs and salutes to all of you who have donated already. Your generosity helps to keep the bandwidth and techie stuffs cranking...
Radio Show Thread
Me and Stranahan on the Blog Talk Radio at 8PM EDT, with special guest RJ Eskow. Listen live here. Call the show: (347) 945-5235
New Huffington Post Column
Punishing the Health Insurance Cartel for Extortion and Fraud Enjoy and Digg often!
Doof Quote of the Day
"I’ve made it a habit over the years to carry my Constitution in my pocket as a reminder of what this country and what this country’s government is all about. But more recently because of the...
Jon Stewart Takes Down CNN
How do they sleep at night? Bonus Daily Show clip from last night after the jump...
Attacking the Cartel Where It Hurts
I'd love to learn more about how the health insurance cartel managed to be excluded from anti-trust laws. Nevertheless, Senators Schumer and Leahy are making a serious attempt to strip the cartel of...