Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
It may take us a while to get this set up, and I have no idea how to get it set up! But I want to try to endow an Al Weisel Award For Internet Humor.
The Jon Swift blog was a ray of funny sunshine in a humorless cloudy world. And it’s the least we can do.
We’ll try to get something like an endowment set up soon. But in a world of short attention spans I wanted to get this up now.
I understand that as a blogger I can afford to take the long view on health care reform, while many members of Congress unquestionably have their career at stake over this one vote. Nonetheless I think that Representatives who have gotten spooked by bad HCR poll numbers are making a terrible mistake. It might help to argue like Josh Marshall does that vulnerable seats got killed the worst in 2002 1994 (inexplicably got the date wrong there). He’s certainly right, but dry logic has only so much impact on crisis days like today. These Reps need a heap of supportive phone calls from constituents.
This is crunch time. Please phone and make sure that your Representative will supports the current road map: pass the Senate bill, then resolve issues such as the excise tax with a reconciliation fix. Tomorrow may be too late.
Switchboard: (202) 224-3121.
Guide for first-timers here.
Perry wins a low turn-out Republican primary, so naturally one must rush into print the “Perry is a viable candidate for 2012” story. And of course these wankers were first out of the gate with this drivel:
It is a typical example of the foolishness one can read everyday at Politico. What I really like is the “any reporter” in the upper corner. No doubt. This is what one can expect to read from “any ‘reporter'” at this Pravda for the Beltway.
While this was their lead story this morning, it is safe to assume that it will not be the stupidest thing posted at Politico today. But still, it is a classic. The stupid of it just burns.
Cheers
dengre
New Southland tonight on TNT, for those of you who are interested (10 pm EST).
Also, I saw this smoothie on Good Eats last night, made one today, and it was delicious. Anyone have an estimate of how many calories are in it? Trying to regain my girlish figure (or at least acquire one that looks less like Rosie O’Donnell) after sitting on my ass for six weeks.
Halter’s first ad is up:
His website can be found here, and apparently he has raised close to 150k through ActBlue alone. According to the Great Orange Satan he officially filed, and I know he raised an ungodly amount through MoveOn, too. Here is our page for those of you who are so inclined:
As the HCR action turns to the House, the question of the week is can House Democrats get past 216 votes to pass the Senate HCR Bill as next step to passing HCR. On Wednesday President Obama will present his way forward on both the substance and the process for passing the damn bill. I suspect that he’ll ask the House to go first and then fix the Bill in Reconciliation as the final step.
So it is time to call Members of the House and get them on board to support P.T.D.B.
Taniel over at Campaign Diaries published a nice list of where the 39 NO votes for the House HCR Bill might line up with regard to a vote on the Senate Bill. These are all folks to call, especially the last 18 on the list.
Today President Obama is traveling to an event in the District of one of those Members.
It might also be worthwhile to call the DCCC (202-863-1500) and let them know that “NO” voters on HCR should not get DCCC support.
Cheers
dengre
