Signs of hope and change in America.
Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks.
Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being [...]
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Progressives (Finally) Tired Of Getting Slapped Around On Health Care
August 18th, 2009
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Obama Could Give It All Away. I Hope Not.
August 17th, 2009
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A few years ago, when my beloved Washington Redskins were having one of their craptacular seasons, an article quoted a player from one of the teams who had played against the Redskins about what exactly was allowing so many teams to win. The player noted that while the Redskins looked impressive on paper, once they [...]
No Donna Edwards, I Don’t Care
July 13th, 2009
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Donna Edwards, who happens to be my member of congress here in Maryland, just sent out the following to her email list.
Yay, Politico named you to a perfectly arbitrary list! Look, I don’t have any serious problems with Rep. Edwards and she has so far demonstrated the kind of values I want to see in [...]
Did I Miss Something
June 29th, 2009
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I concede that I only half paid attention to the news for the last 4 days, I was in San Angelo, TX visiting my friend and his family, but in all the brouhaha over the cap and trade bill that passed the House, I notice it hasn’t passed the senate yet. So, what’s the point? [...]
Americans Would Like Some Health Care Reform
June 21st, 2009
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If only the scaredy pants Democrats in congress would let them have it.
Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
The poll found [...]
The People’s House
June 5th, 2008
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10 Republican House seats begin moving away from the party of Bush-McCain and towards the party of Obama.
Oliver Saves The Democrats Time For Their November “Issues” Conference
October 24th, 2007
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America Sides With Democrats, Somebody Please Tell The Democrats
October 1st, 2007
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