The impact of this is huge considering that Harwood routinely holds his fire.
Author - Bob Cesca
Bipartisanship Is Creating More Polarization
As near as I can tell, the only crazy wingnut topic-of-the-week that hasn't forced a concession from one group or another is the Birther thing. I assume this was only because the Obama people already...
Quote of the Week
"CNBC's Maria Bartiromo needs to stick do doing what she does best: standing around on the floor of the Stock Exchange looking like a cross between Sophia Loren and that thing that co-piloted the...
Prediction
Take this for what it's worth. Over the next several months, Speaker Pelosi's approval ratings will probably go up. I don't know by how much, but it can't hurt that she's strongly and precisely...
The Crazy Is Winning
Via a reader, the Exeter School District here in Berks County sent this out to parents: Yesterday afternoon we learned that President Obama would like to give a speech to students on Tuesday...
Morning Awesome
U2 - "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car" Live from Sydney and featuring Mr. Macphisto Wrapping up our Zooropa tribute week
Chris Matthews Is Utterly Clueless on Healthcare
I just overheard Matthews conflating "single-payer" with a "nationalized healthcare system." They're not the same, Chris! Read this carefully, sir. Single-payer is merely a health insurance program...
Health Insurance Denial Rates
A California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee study concluded: Claims denial rates by leading California insurers, first six months of 2009: • PacifiCare -- 39.6 percent •...
It's My Fault, Too
I have to genuflect before Chris Bowers' snarky rant about single-payer advocacy. Nicely put, sir. Like Bowers, my position remains that the best strategy to achieve single-payer Medicare-style...
Maddow Continues to Kick Very Serious Ass
TV By The Numbers reports: MSNBC Beats CNN in Primetime in August Among Viewers 25-54 “The Rachel Maddow Show” out-rated CNN’s “Larry King Live” among A25-54 in August (304,000 vs. 294,000). “TRMS”...
Quote of the Day
"Is there something wrong with majority rules? I don't think so." —Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) ballyhooing a reconciliation vote on drilling in ANWR in 2005
Willful Ignorance on the Public Option
The corporate media, and in this case George Stephanopoulos, are just being willfully ignorant about the public option. Stephanopoulos asks: 1 – What is “death with dignity” for the public option? Is...
Morning Awesome
U2 - "Numb" Continuing our week-long tribute to the Zooropa album
Glenn Beck Loses 11 More
The magic number is 57.
The Camps
Ezra Klein lays out the White House camps on healthcare reform: The first camp could be called "universal-lite." They're focused on preserving the basic shape of the bill. They think a universal plan...
New Huffington Post Column
The Public Option Is Popular, Moral and Inexpensive, Therefore It Must Die Enjoy and Digg often.
Radio Show Thread
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Wingnuts Protest 'Hard Work' and 'Responsibility'
Predictably: Numerous conservatives have claimed that President Obama's upcoming September 8 speech about "persisting and succeeding in school," along with classroom activities about the "importance...
Joint Session Address Is Go
TPM is reporting: President Obama will address the country before a joint session of Congress on September 9--a key element of his bid to take charge of the health care debate as Congress returns to...
Aw Crap.
I just don't like the smell of this quote from Axelrod to ABC News: As to the fate of a government option plan to compete with private insurance, Axelrod suggested the controversial concept is gone...