CBO: Obamacare Would Cost Over $2 Trillion
The CBO’s most recent analysis is out, and it’s not likely to convince wavering House Democrats to jump to the Obamacare side of the fence. Even the Democrats are granting that the latest version of their proposed health care overhaul would cost $69 billion more than the previous version. According to [...]
Scott Brown Moneybomb - $448,403.41 and Growing Fast (Updated)
As Jim Geraghty notes, (Massachusetts Republican candidate for U.S. Senate) Scott Brown’s goal for today is $500,000. AS of the time of this writing he’s raised $448,403.41, and climbing.
I happen to agree with Geraghty that Brown is likely to break the $1 million mark today.
Update: The final tally is $1,191,302.50.
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A Party-Line Vote for Obamacare
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats won a milestone victory early Monday in the health-care debate, approving a procedural motion to move the reform legislation to final passage later this week, and without a single vote to spare.
The 60-40 tally, taken shortly after 1 a.m., followed 12 hours of acrimonious debate and required senators to trek to the [...]
How to Report Poll Data
Sometimes, you just have to laugh. This Minneapolis Star Tribune, for decades a pro-abortion stalwart, headlines: “Nearly half of Minnesotans favor abortion rights, survey says.”
Nearly half of Minnesotans say that abortion should be a women’s personal choice, according to a survey by St. Cloud State University.
The phone survey of 550 randomly chosen adults [...]
Gallup Sets Obamic Baseline on Afghanistan
Gallup just released the polling numbers on Barack “Lucky Lefty” Obama’s Afghanistan policy; they polled from November 20th to 22nd, so this poll sets a perfect baseline for how the One’s policy speech last night, and his new policy itself, affect his approval on this issue.
We’ll check back in a week or so and see [...]
Chart: Total 10-Year Cost of Reid Bill is $2.5 Trillion
Senate Republicans have just released an outstanding chart highlighting the accounting games that Democrats are playing with the costs of their proposed health-care overhaul. The Democrats assert that their Senate bill would cost $848 billion over ten years. But Congressional Budget Office projections show that only 1 percent of those costs would kick [...]
