Yesterday TPM ran a story talking about how Tuesday’s election made healthcare reform just a “bit easier”. Here is the basic overview of that reasoning: The NY-23 seat abdicated by Republican John McHugh (who resigned to become Secretary of the Army) went to Democrat Bill Owens–the first Democrat to hold the seat in over a […]
Not very according to the CBO: The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for people who have coverage. The Republican bill, which […]
I believe this news is a perfect example of my “sliding scale” of political parties I discussed in my previous post. A lot will try and claim that Scozzafava made this decision out of malice against people like Palin, but I believe it isn’t that simple. Scozzafava was more to the right on fiscal issues, […]
The Republican party is coming out in full force to support Katherine Harris’ run for Senate in Florida as we learn in today’s L.A. Times: GOP Shows Support for Harris’ Senate Bid From Times Wire Reports If there was any doubt that Florida’s top Republican leaders weren’t behind Katherine Harris’ run for U.S. Senate, those […]
Today the Washington Post published an article that should send a greater message of hope to the Democrats. “For GOP, Election Anxiety Mounts” talks about numerous Republican Senate candidates opting not to run next year. This of course is making the Republicans a little nervous. Prominent Republicans have passed up races in North Dakota and […]
Via the AP. Report: Fla. GOP Courts Joe Scarborough 55 minutes ago Two local businessmen active in Republican Party politics say the GOP is courting cable TV host Joe Scarborough to replace U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris in the 2006 Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. Scarborough, a former U.S. representative, has met with senior […]