I really like Chris Dodd and want him to start pushing his bill through to fix the FPL, but news like this really makes me angry with him too: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Wednesday ripped the Senate’s “newest members” for the lack of comity in the upper chamber. In a floor speech Wednesday night, […]
That’s what he told the Washington Post. Obama said the public option “has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right.” But, he added, “I didn’t campaign on the public option.” Now I have to swallow some pride and quote Rep. Joe Wilson – ‘YOU LIE’ Does President Obama really expect to […]
Well everything except for minor things like trying to pressure Joe Lieberman into it: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted once more that President Obama did everything he could to get a public option through the Senate, even if the administration never talked to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) about his opposition to the provision. […]
If this is true then we see another yet a bit more evidence that the Obama administration failed in delivering true health care reform: Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) insists that the White House did not pressure him to get in line behind either a public health insurance option or a Medicare buy-in compromise during the […]
Following up on the notion of “fix it later” when it comes to the health care bill, I believe I have made a strong case for why that is less than likely too happen any time soon. So now I want to take a look at how “fix it later” will end up playing out […]
What does it say for the health care bill when you got Senators now trying to deflect blame to the Obama administration? First up – Russ Feingold: “I’ve been fighting all year for a strong public option to compete with the insurance industry and bring health care spending down. I continued that fight during recent […]
Here’s why the White House will go after Howard Dean but not the actual people who are derailing health care reform: People wondering why the White House does tough, public pushback against Howard Dean but not against the likes of Ben Nelson or Joe Lieberman ought to take a deep breath and consider that Nelson […]
Al Franken has shown the most balls we have seen from Democrats in a long time, and today was no exception. Here is Al shutting up Joe Lieberman, which then enraged McCain:
Of course his friends are Conservatives like American Future Fund, which is airing this new ad in Connecticut. Can the Democrats stop pretending that Joe Lieberman is their friend now? Seriously?
Earlier today Joe Lieberman said he changed his stance on the Medicare buy-in because liberals like Anthony Weiner liked it. Now Anthony Weiner has responded: This afternoon The New York Times and other news outlets reported that Senator Lieberman was backing away from his own health care proposal, in part because I liked it. If […]