Yeah right: Are Americans dying too soon? The answer is yes. When it comes to “preventable deaths” — an array of illnesses and injuries that should not kill at an early age — the United States trails other industrialized nations and has been falling further behind over the past decade. And here is what really […]
The new NBC poll has a little bit of good news for the Democrats. When asked how they approve the Democrats in Congress, here is how they respond: They get a net positive of 42, as compared to the Republicans, who have a net positive of only 28: But when it comes to Afghanistan, the […]
Republicans in the Senate have so far offered 27 amendments to the health care bill. The Wonk Room has a rundown of all these crazy changes and they will only make healthcare less affordable. Ironically even if all these amendments were added the Republicans still wouldn’t support the bill. Hopefully Democrats will show enough spine […]
Following up on FOX complaining because the President didn’t appear on their network yesterday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told ABC: “We figured Fox would rather show So You Think You Can Dance than broadcast an honest discussion about health insurance reform” Now that is a bold and true statement. As matter of fact I […]
From Think Progress: The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I’ve seen in 30 years. In fact, it’s a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry every year. It was written by healthcare lobbyists, so that’s not a surprise. It’s an outrage. Now those are some harsh words, and I mean […]
Interesting enough 7 Republicans supported the measure. 12 Democrats voted against it. I think there is something more to say about the Republicans voting for it than the Democrats voting against it. Just get ready for non-stop spin and assaults now – especially from FOX.
I just noticed this article via AmericaBlog: Some Democrats, led by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), are pushing for an official censure of Wilson, with a floor vote on the resolution coming as early as Tuesday. And the Politico has it wrong. James Clyburn is not asking for censure of Wilson. Instead he is one […]
Something I wish President Obama would have mentioned last night is that there isn’t a bill. For the last couple of months the Republicans have been talking about “how bad this bill is”. Some are referring to the bill that came out of a House committee, and others are talking about other proposals floating through […]
Drudge is linking a couple of past stories on the top of his site: The first article refers to Harry Reid make the statement while discussing filibusters to some high school students and the second refers to an appearance on Meet the Press. Both of these are far different than calling the President a liar […]
It seems that Max Baucus decided to distribute his plan to special interests groups before he even let the White House see it. This man isn’t working for the American people, he is working for his own financial gain. The Democrats should fully remove him from the health care talks. If he is allowed to […]