Well when you read headlines like this, you realize that the GOP has degraded into nothing but a classroom full of pre-pubescent children: John Boehner On Jobs Speech: Republicans, Be ‘Respectful’ And Attend That’s right – John Boehner had to slap the wrists of his caucus and tell them to act like grown ups. That’s […]
Sean Hannity decided to have disgraced former representative, Mark Foley, on his show to discuss the Anthony Weiner non-sex “scandal”. Foley, who was forced to resign after sending sexually explicit messages to underage congressional pages, told Hannity that it should not be illegal to send such messages to minors (via Think Progress): This is really […]
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 […]
After years of the right wing claiming George Soros was funding Media Matters, the billionaire decided to cave and write his first check to the website: Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war againstFox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $1 […]
Oh this is really good. As you probably recall, many Republicans and conservatives who surely knew better got carried away with outrage when the Daily Caller published its thorougly bogus series of hit pieces alleging that Journolist represented some kind of shadowy liberal conspiracy to undermine our journalistic insitutions from within for the good of […]
If Charlie Crist ends up running as an Independent in the Florida Senate race and wins, the big question is who will he caucus with? I asked this question in a post a couple of weeks ago and now Crist has been asked about it in an interview (via TPM): Q If you win as […]
With Charlie Crist facing more pressure to drop out and the rumors growing of him running as an independent, it leaves a big question; if Crist wins, who will he caucus with? Now take that a step further. Imagine a Senate much like we had after 2006, one that was pretty much evenly split. The […]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) is now the guilty party when it comes to the mystery of who shouted “baby killer” on the House floor during Bart Stupak’s speech. “Last night was the climax of weeks and months of debate on a health care bill that my constituents fear and do not support,” Neugebauer said in […]
She is the first one to officially come out against the Senate bill: The Senate health care bill is not worthy of the historic vote that the House took a month ago. Even though the House version is far from perfect, it at least represents a step toward our goal of giving 36 million Americans […]
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 […]