If there is any silver lining to the Democrats losing the House last night, it is this: In a fell swoop, the once-powerful Blue Dog caucus of conservative House Democrats was reduced from 54 members to 26 in Tuesday’s midterm election. The caucus lost two members to retirement and two others who ran for higher […]
Now that Blanche Lincoln has been able to hold onto her job, we are to expect little jabs from the right on how “the progressives lost big tonight”. That, despite being untrue, is to be expected, but this is not: A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the […]
Thinking about the results of yesterday’s elections, one thing sticks out to me. America isn’t really anti-incumbent, but rather anti-old school politics. Let’s start in Kentucky. Rand Paul beat Secretary of State Trey Grayson, making him the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate. Rand Paul doesn’t have a political career like his opponent, but he did […]
This whole “seniority” thing in the Senate has always been a bunch of garbage and helped contribute to the “good ole’ boys” club mentality that surrounds the chamber. Now it looks like it could be coming to an end: During a question-and-answer session with progressive media, video blogger Mike Stark asked lawmakers why the Democratic […]
Bob brings up an excellent point today: The retirement of Byron Dorgan is a solid example of why, in many cases, legislation is at the mercy of conservative-leaning states, and nothing the president can- or should do will change it. With Dorgan out, it’s very likely that a Republican will win that seat. If Ben […]
2010 is going to be very ugly for Democrats: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is losing to all three of his Republican challengers, according to a new Rasmussen survey, another sign that 2010 is shaping up to be a very tough year for Democratic incumbents. Bennet is now the fifth Democratic senator to be trailing Republican […]
Apparently John McCain decided to use campaign money to put out a robo-call urging passage of his healthcare amendment. Here is the script: On Monday I introduced the first Republican amendment to the massive health care bill, which would send the bill back to the Senate Finance Committee and stop the Democrats from cutting vital […]
This is something that shouldn’t even be an amendment – it should have been in the bill from the get go: Senate Democrats will offer an amendment this weekend to curb the pay of executives at health insurance companies that benefit from federal subsidies, fueling the growing feud with the powerful industry. Sens. Blanche Lincoln […]
The health clinic held in Arkansans Saturday saw 1,500 uninsured Arkansans come through to receive care on the very same day Blanche Lincoln was toying with the idea of killing healthcare reform. Here is a video from the event: But somehow Bill Clinton has totally lost the message on this great endeavor, lead by Keith […]
Image via Wikipedia Good news from the Senate on the healthcare front: WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she’ll vote ‘yes’ on health care test vote, giving Democrats 60. This morning Mary Landrieu said she would also vote yes today. Tonight’s the big vote, so keep an ear out. Things will get really interesting and […]