When you have the Washington Times going after Michael Steele things aren’t good for the RNC chair: Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges, trade associations and other groups – an unusual […]

Rep. Parker Griffith (D-AL-5) is expected to announce today that he is switching from Democrat to Republican: According to a senior GOP aide familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place in this afternoon in his home district in northern Alabama. Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care […]

A lot of people in the progressive blogosphere are shocked by the passionate disagreements going on over the uncertain fate of health care reform. I for one am not. We are dealing with an issue that will very much affect every single one of us, so people are going to take a much deeper look […]

Quinnipiac has released a new poll with a lot of focus on health care. As to be expected, the public still isn’t that thrilled with the reform: 21. From what you’ve heard or read, do you mostly approve or mostly disapprove of the proposed changes to the health care system under consideration in Congress?   […]

I’m not entirely on the “kill the bill” bandwagon. There is definitely some good being done in the bill, but it is being overshadowed by the bad. One issue I haven’t seen addressed is the effect on charitable care. The bill supporters out there seem to either ignore the issue, or just aren’t aware of […]

Like I have been saying – the survival of health care out of conference is anything but certain: “Last night’s vote in the Senate should be applauded for what it was: an affirmative statement by that body that comprehensive health care reform legislation should not be held captive any longer by a select few.” “As […]

This is interesting. Polls had Rudy doing good against Gillibrand: Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to announce Tuesday he is not running for U.S. Senate or anything else in 2010, effectively ending his storied – and often stormy – electoral career, The Daily News has learned. The announcement, at which he’ll also endorse Republican […]

Wingnut mouth piece Confederate Yankee: Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) has seen far better days, and is often little more than a warm body when he is helped into the Senate. Granted, lucidity and coherence is not a priority among Senate Democrats, but Byrd is an embarrassment even for a party that regular drafts the imaginary […]

Marcy Wheeler has a must read post in which she shows the major differences between the actual bill and what candidate Obama campaigned on: So let’s review. Ezra lists the following things that Obama promised, but failed to deliver: Public option No individual mandate Drug reimportation Government coverage of catastrophic costs Employer mandate National, rather […]

Just another chapter in the infinite wisdom that is our military: A top US commander is threatening soldiers who fall pregnant on active service with jail. Under the new policy, troops expecting a baby face court martial and a possible prison term – and so do the men who made them pregnant. And the rule […]