Mar 16 2010

Please Don’t, Charlie

JACKSONVILLE — I don’t mean to break the rhythm of Brother
Thornberry’s magnificent rant elsewhere
on this site, but the GOP Senate race here in Florida has entered
a new and volatile stage. Former Speaker of the House Marco Rubio
has opened up a 30-point lead. The primary is [...]

Feb 25 2010

Pelosi Doesn’t Tell the Truth About Taxpayer-Funding of Abortion in Health Bill

During her closing remarks–at which point Republicans didn't have a chance to respond–Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that John Boehner had misinformed viewers today when he said that there's public funding of abortion in the health care bill:
Leader Boehner, the law of the land is there is no public funding of abortion, and [...]

Jan 14 2010

Hold That Tiger

WASHINGTON — When I read the other day that the lapsed
golfer Tiger Woods’ nationwide approval rating had fallen from
87% to 33%, the only conclusion I could draw was that he had been
out campaigning for the Democrats’ healthcare plan. According to
an interesting piece on him in [...]

Nov 9 2009

US President Barack Obama hails ‘historic vote’ to remake health care - News.com.au

John Dingell and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announcing the result of the health care reform vote / Reuters House of Reps passes health care bill Barack Obama praises “historic vote” Bill still has to get through Senate US President Barack …
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Nov 6 2009

Squirmer of the House Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Have the Votes… Yet

I picture Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) writhing and twisting in frustration; with all those Democrats, surely she can scrape together 218 to vote for SqueakerCare!
Surely not, at least not yet:
House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled [...]

Oct 16 2009

Scozzafava to Switch Parties? (Updated)

Will Dede Scozzafava, the liberal Republican running in the November 3 special election for Army Secretary John McHugh’s open upstate New York seat, stay in the Republican party in the (unlikely) event that she wins? Would she run in 2010 as a Republican—facing what would likely be a tough primary? Or would she pull a [...]

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