Via Digby, here's a handy chart documenting how disgraceful and embarrassing the American healthcare system truly is. Faker wingnuts like Glenn Beck continue to repeat that we have the best...
Author - Bob Cesca
Flanking the Blue Dogs & Republicans
The best way to hit these two groups where it hurts is from their right. If you're making the case for healthcare reform with the public option, here are two winning angles: 1) Not passing a public...
Yes, There Are Many Democrats With Spines
...And brains. Congressman Anthony Weiner, for example. Today on CNBC: BECKY QUICK: So you would not vote for a bill that made it through, if it got through... WEINER: Not only I but I think there's...
The Progressive Block
Chris Bowers lays out a fairly solid argument in favor of making sure the Progressive Caucus remains firm in their committment to vote against any bill without the public option. Sixty members of the...
Getting to 51 Votes (Wonk Warning)
Correction on a previous post. It turns out that some of my civics in this post were inaccurate. Yes, I have a college degree in political science, and yet congressional procedure still scrambles my...
The Big Argument for the Public Option
Yes, the president would do well to make a much stronger push for the public option. But it's really not up to him. Congress writes the law. And the following might be the most effective argument in...
Dear Mr. President
This was your pledge in July. On videotape. And YouTube: [A]ny plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track...
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Quote of the Day
"The united states has two parties now—the Obama Party and the Fox Party. The Obama Party is larger, but it is unfocused and its troops are whiny. The Fox Party, which shows up en masse to harass...
'The Best Way'
The White House released the following statement today: Nothing has changed. POTUS has always said that what is essential is that health insurance reform must lower costs, ensure that there are...
Status Report
Sunday show remarks and retaliatory pitchforks aside, where are we with the public option? Just a reminder. We have five congressional committees tasked with healthcare reform legislation. Four of...
Fire Up the Email for the Public Option
Back in late June and early July, we successfully pushed members of Congress to support the public option. We, as a liberal community, had a serious impact. Remember how Diane Feinstein complained...
The Public Option
I'm at a complete loss about this. The president in a Colorado town hall yesterday: "The public option, whether we have it or we don't have it, is not the entirety of healthcare reform. This is just...
Dick Armey
I'm watching Meet the Press and it's reminding me what a wormy, fidgety disrespectful liar Dick Armey is. Every time Maddow speaks, Armey smirks and plays with his fingers and never looks her in the...
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Propping Up the Crazy Talk
Former Reagan and Bush 41 official Bruce Bartlett in a conversation with Steve Benen: ...the media don't treat Republicans as if they are discredited. On the contrary, they often seem to be treated...
Flowers for Algernon
Tbogg noticed the wide disparity between Sarah Palin's classic "position flexible" random phrase babble and her recent Facebook posts which somehow are more grammatical and polished. At the risk of...
Beck Keeps Lying and Losing Advertisers
More than a dozen advertisers have bailed out of the Glenn Beck show. Yet he continues to flagrantly lie on his show. This time, on Friday's show, he claimed that Hawking never enjoyed government...
O'Reilly Attacks 11-year-old Girl
What a big man you are, O'Reilly. Not only does O'Reilly call out this little girl, but he also refers to her as "dumb" -- or a nominee for something with "dumb" in the title. As does the blonde doof...
Salon Debunks Kent Conrad Story
Salon debunks the initial reporting about Senator Conrad's pledge to vote against a "government-run" healthcare system: The Sun's story never quoted Conrad directly about the public option, and the...