Speaking of reconciliation…
Watching this video assembling the vehement pronouncements of prominent Democrats inveighing against circumvention of the filibuster, It would be easy for a citizen to become cynical about politics. It would be easy, but it would be right.
Naked Emperor News has compiled the wise words of Democratic worthies including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, [...]
Business Word: ‘Senators Bob Corker, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg show Republicans ready to deal; will Obama?’
In his brief but ‘right on the mark’ post at The Business Word, Donald E. L. Johnson writes that it must be a cold day in Washington, and for good reason. Three Republican Senators today agreed to help break logjams on Democrats’ major legislative efforts to enact health, finance and jobs bills:
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) [...]
Reason.tv’s Health Care Remix (The Real World D.C.)
From the folks over at Reason tv, we see D.C. as it really is:
Coming this winter to C-SPAN:
The true story… of 535 politicians…picked to live in two houses…work together and their lives taped…to find out what happens…when Congress stops being polite…and starts secret, detailed negotiations on a sweeping, transformative health care reform bill…
This is the [...]
Baucus: Was He Drunk, Or Is He Stupid?
This video of Democratic Senator Max Baucus during the debate on the Democrats’ health care takeover is all over the web. Most observers say that Baucus was drunk. We report, you decide:
I claim no expertise in this area beyond normal human observation, but, for what it’s worth, I would say that he was [...]
The case of Max Baucus
There is something hilariously outlandish about the disgrace of Montana Senator Max Baucus having nominated his girlfriend to be a candidate for the position of United States Attorney for Montana. David Bernstein captures the relevant details in “Baucus scandal.”
Bernstein quotes the helpful explanation of Baucus’s spokesman on the withdrawal of Baucus’s girlfriend [...]
Real Health Care Cost at $2.5 Trillion
$2.5 Trillion. That astonishing number is apparently what Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont) admits to being the real cost of the Senate Plan, “depending on where you start (counting.”
As Ace puts it - in other words (borrowing from Climategate terminology which they also don’t want to talk about) the Democrats are using a trick to hide [...]
