Author - Bob Cesca

Morning Awesome

Morning Awesome

Robbert Bobbert and The Bubble Machine - "We R Super Heroes" Directed by Puny Entertainment Artist contributing to this video include: Jordan Crane (The Clouds Above, NON, Uptight), Gene Ha (Top 10...

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The Media

Singing to the President

Yesterday on Hardball, Barnicle spent an entire segment debating whether or not a group of elementary school kids should have been singing a song about President Obama. Pat Buchanan was on the show...

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President Obama

Can We Move On Now?

I think we might have passed the requisite "Obama should get angry ROOOWWWR!" phase of the healthcare reform debate. Thank effing goodness. Rather than engaging the crazies, Charles Blow thinks the...

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Healthcare

Let's Just Slow It Down

This happens all the time, but it's necessary to put a face to the tragedy. A 22-year-old woman from Oxford, Ohio, died from swine flu on Wednesday. Kimberly Young graduated from Miami University in...

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Healthcare

Go Senator Stabenow!

Today in the Finance Committee: SENATOR KYL: "I don’t need maternity care, and so requiring that to be in my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy more expensive."...

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Healthcare

Eaten Alive

The LA Times: The legislators' reluctance to control premium costs comes despite the fact that they intend to require virtually all Americans to get health insurance, an unprecedented mandate -- long...

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Healthcare

Kent Conrad Is Clueless

During an interview, Kent Conrad accidentally revealed how his brain snaps into GOP Talking Points mode waaaaay too easily. Either that, or he's frighteningly clueless about healthcare. Senator...

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Healthcare

Just a Reminder

The president and the Democrats aren't suffering Baucus and Conrad voluntarily. There's a very precise reason why the Finance Committee has been allowed to wank around for so long. Ezra Klein...

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Healthcare

Controversial!

New CBS/NYTimes poll on the public option: "Would you favor or oppose the government offering everyone a government administered health insurance plan -- something like the Medicare coverage that...

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Healthcare

Public Option Tab Dump

Just arrived home after a long day of trains and subways. Lots of stuff happening with the public option. -Senators Schumer and Rockefeller say the final bill will have a "good, strong public option...

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Open Thread

Open Thread

I'm in New York for some meetings, so enjoy this thread with my compliments. Did the Wyden Free Choice amendment pass? Did Glenn Beck pretend to kill any animals today?

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