Republicans love America more then Democrats. Its just science. David Catanese at POLITICO (naturally) gives us the facts:
A comprehensive review of House reelection websites by the University of Minnesota’s Smart Politics blog found that GOP incumbents are 36 percent more likely to incorporate Old Glory into the banner of their page, with nearly half of [...]
President Obama, in remarks last night after the House passed healthcare:
Now, it probably goes without saying that tonight’s vote will give rise to a frenzy of instant analysis. There will be tallies of Washington winners and losers, predictions about what it means for Democrats and Republicans, for my poll numbers, for my administration.
Chris Cillizza this [...]
In DC think tanks and organizations and embassies throw cocktail parties or happy hours. The Finnish Embassy is different. They know how to get down. Down and sweaty. The Fins, you see, host the exclusive Diplomatic Finnish Sauna Society of D.C., 150 members strong. That’s right, a sauna club. How baller is that? And the [...]
The healthcare bill is not being passed by reconciliation. The House is going to pass the Senate bill and then the bill will have been passed by both chambers of Congress and the President can sign it into law. Reconciliation is being used to pass some fixes to the bill that the House wants in [...]
It would be impossible for me to pick who I dislike more, David Broder or Dana Milbank. It is very much possible for me to enjoy when one calls the other out in the paper, as Broder did the other day:
From too many years of covering politics, I have come to believe as Axiom One [...]
Newt Gingrich on Congressional staffers (via):
Of course it’s the nature of the modern Congress, which hires lots of nice young staffers who have never had a real job, who spent their entire life being arrogant to visitors from back home, who end up thinking they know a lot because they stay up until 3 o’clock [...]
Bob Herbert in today’s Times:
I always wondered why Howard Zinn was considered a radical. (He called himself a radical.) He was an unbelievably decent man who felt obliged to challenge injustice and unfairness wherever he found it. What was so radical about believing that workers should get a fair shake on the job, that [...]
Lets all just stop beating around the bush and call a spade a spade: Joe Lieberman is an idiot. Most people kinda knew this in regards to his views on foreign policy but the healthcare debate has clarified that he’s also quite an idiot on domestic issues too. Here’s Jon Chait expanding on that thought:
I [...]
I watched some of the House debate on healthcare last Saturday. It was fairly boring to be honest but one thing you do notice, when you listen to these people give their speeches, is how much repetition there is. It really is all about saying the same talking points over and over. And as the [...]
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