It's one thing for their hosts to be unapologetic wingnut crazies, but the "very serious" Fox News reporters ought to check their facts before they open their yaps: Carl Cameron on Fox just said that...
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Pearl Jam - "Go" Our Pearl Jam week continues...
Reminder for the Primary Ads
When we're putting together primary challengers for Blanche Lincoln, Kent Conrad and Max Baucus, we absolutely can't forget the commercials reminding voters in Montana, North Dakota and Arkansas that...
Wrap Your Head Around This One
Russ Feingold is convening hearings about the czars thing. Nope. I don't get it either.
Here's Why Baucus Is Full of Crap
Senator Baucus voted against both the Rockefeller and the Schumer amendments because, he said, the public option doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate. First, echoing Beutler, does he mean to...
Cowards
The Rockefeller public option amendment failed in the Finance Committee, 8-15. Here are the spineless and corrupt Democrats who voted 'no': Conrad Lincoln Ben Bill Nelson Carper Baucus Baucus, in his...
Malkin Blames Obama for Gang Attack
Malkin is predictably connecting President Obama with that horrible videotaped gang attack in Chicago. You know, because President Obama is from Chicago. Last weekend eight people were shot during...
Kent Conrad Doesn't Get It
From Brian Beutler's coverage of the Finance Committee debate today: 11:55 a.m.: Conrad's up. He calls his co-op model a "public interest" model, despite the fact that the CBO says his co-op plan...
Credit Where Credit Is Due
I was initially very critical of the Dylan Ratigan Unit. But his work on healthcare reform lately has been pretty great. And this morning, he's sounding downright Thom-Hartmann-ish, ranting about how...
Morning Joe
Cable news people are phenomenally ridiculous. I'm just now listening to Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mike Ross Barnicle suggesting that President Obama isn't "working" because he's delivered some speeches...
Alert the Wingnuts!
I wrote about this the other day, but here it is. A group of kids singing directly to President Nixon. At the White House. We love you president Oh yes we do We love you president And we'll be true...
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Pearl Jam - "Comatose" From the AOL Sessions
Going Rogue: The Book
There's just no way Sarah Palin wrote a 400 page book in just four months. Of course a lot of people use ghost writers, but usually no questions are asked when it's clear that the "author" could, if...
The Obama Strategy on Healthcare
BooMan does an excellent job of laying out what's happening in terms of the White House approach to all of this. It should answer some of your question as well as reinforce some of the angles I've...
25 Blue Dogs Endorse the Public Option
This is very encouraging news. Hopefully this will lend political cover for the rest of the Dogs who are hesitant to vote in favor of something that enjoys, you know, overwhelming public support...
Very Serious Question
Do non-profit organizations and TV doctors in France and Canada have to drive around offering free medical services to thousands of French and Canadian people because they can't afford healthcare...
Wingnut Porn
Via Pam Spaulding, here's a wingnut in his natural habitat. NOT SAFE FOR WORK or BLOOD PRESSURE. There's a considerable faction within the Republican Party that's counting on enough of these people...
Good Luck with That, Harry
One day, we might have some actual Democratic leadership in the Senate. For now, we have Harry Reid. Greg Sargent reports: Buried in this New York Times piece on Harry Reid’s role on health care is...
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Pearl Jam - "Do the Evolution" By request, it's day one of a Pearl Jam tribute week.
The Answer Is 'They Like to Make Loud Noises'
President Obama during his address to the Congressional Black Caucus: "I was up at the G20 -- just a little aside -- I was up at the G20, and some of you saw those big flags and all the world leaders...