Ben Nelson has agreed to vote for cloture. In exchange now states have the right to opt-out of providing abortion coverage and no federal funds can go to abortion coverage. Nelson also just said that if there are any significant changes in conference then he will not vote for cloture on final passage. That means […]

Let’s face it, Harry Reid is a horrible poker player. He folds every time before finding out if his opponents were bluffing or not. How do I know this? Simple. Since becoming majority leader in 2007 Harry Reid has faced countless threats of a filibuster and never once has he made the opposition go through […]

Rahm Emanuel has a message for the left: Rahm Emanuel: Don’t Worry About the Left Yeah and eff you too. It’s time for the President to Fire Rahm!

I never really liked Dylan when he was a guest on Morning Joe and kind of turned my nose at the thought of him having his own show. Damn I was wrong. He now has the only cable news show I try and watch everyday (I don’t even do that for Olbermann or Maddow). One […]

People can keep saying that this isn’t a hand out to insurance companies, but the simple fact that their stocks are sky rocketing tells a totally different story. In this case I will go with the opinion of Wall Street.

Obama’s grass roots organization is starting to really feel the heat on health care reform: On Wednesday morning, Organizing for America, as Obama’s reconstituted campaign organization is now known, e-mailed its list of 13 million Obama supporters asking them to “call your senators now and help us ‘ring in reform.’” The campaign yielded 150,000 calls […]

This is something me and a lot of the opposing factors to the latest HCR bill saw coming the other night when Democrats caved to Lieberman: Nelson’s key points: Asked if he would vote for cloture even if his initiative to restrict abortion were adopted, Nelson flatly said “no.” Nelson not only said a vote […]

Those of us opposing this bill are in the solid majority: Conducted by Research 2000 for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and Democracy for America (DFA), the survey finds only 33 percent of likely voters favor a health care bill that does not include a public health insurance option and does not expand Medicare, […]

I’m just spit-balling here, but something has struck me. For years we have talked about how banning abortion was a necessity for Republican victory, as backed up by the evidence of them actually not doing much to deliver once in office. The thought is that Republicans need to keep the abortion debate alive to insure […]

This notion is at the most a pipe dream and we must take a serious look at the Senate today. There are a few major obstacles that need to be overcome. Can it be included in reconciliation? I have seen a lot of liberals throw out the word like it is some instant magic bullet, […]