Did Joe Lieberman catch a break?
With Chris Dodd having been pushed out the door, the assumption is that popular Connecticut Attorney General Dick Blumenthal will be the Democratic nominee and, likely, the next Senator from Connecticut. If so, this might well benefit Sen. Joe Lieberman, assuming he seeks re-election in 2012.
Blumenthal is extremely popular in Connecticut. [...]
MSNBC: Snowe to vote yes on Baucus bill (Updated)
MSNBC reports that Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe will break with her party and vote for the Democratic health care bill. This, after Charles Grassley predicted that the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee would stick together on the final panel vote
Not much of a surprise, albeit a disappointment, given the RINO Snowe’s history of [...]
MSNBC: Snowe to vote yes on Baucus bill.
MSNBC reports that Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe will break with her party and vote for the Democratic health care bill.
Not much of a surprise, albeit a disappointment, given the RINO Snowe’s history of voting with the liberal Democrats. Apparently she’s oblivious to the bill’s real cost in money and quality.
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As the Byrd Rule Flies: Why Dems Can’t Use Reconciliation to Pass Radical ObamaCare
…Unless they’re willing to immolate themselves in the process — and probably lose the fight anyway.
Everybody is now slinging around the term “reconciliation process,” but I think most of us don’t really understand what the heck that means — other than a sneaky way to pass ObamaCare without having to break a Republican filibuster. [...]
The president as hack ideologue
President Obama said last night that “the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting [Henry Louis Gates] when there was already proof that [he was] in [his] own home.” But the president himself is acting stupidity by weighing in ignorantly on the matter.
As I explained here, according to Gates’ own [...]
Obama: I Don't Lose Sleep over David Brooks - CBS News
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Obama: I Don't Lose Sleep over David BrooksCBS NewsCBS News' Katie Couric used part of her exclusive interview with President Barack Obama today to ask him about a David Brooks column in today's New York …PROMISES, PROMISES: Do Obama deals break pledge?The Associated PressTop Democrats warn Obama on IMF funding qualifierReutersPresident Obama Talks to Katie [...]
