More Than Six in Ten Disapprove of Cutting Off Funding As Way To Stop Health Reform. Most Americans (62%) disapprove of cutting off funding as a way to stop some or all of the health reform law from being put into place. 33% say they think cutting off funding is legit. I’ll first admit I …
Election 2012
“Ladies and Gentlemen, the GOP Dogfight Has Commenced”
Gods bless “The Editors” at Esquire, and all those whose acrid dyspepsia battles the saccharine lather bathing this weekend’s Republican freakshow: Two remarkable events occurred over the past month that, taken together, give us all some idea of the forces gathering even now among Republicans and conservatives as they begin the long — and, if …
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Just Go To The Emergency Room
I agree with Lawrence Tribe that the legal challenges to the PPACA are “a political objection in legal garb” but the Republican refusal to engage in any kind of serious dialogue on health care outside a courtroom means that it’s up to us to ask them questions on what they have in mind. When I …
Webb Out
Everything Mistermix said about Jon Tester can probably be said about Jim Webb in Virginia, who has announced he will not seek re-election. The possibility that George Allen might be the next Senator from Virginia just increased greatly.
Open Thread: 2012 DNC in NC
Hey, lookit, an email from Michelle Obama! I am thrilled to make sure you are the first to hear some very exciting news. Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012. __ Charlotte is a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an “up by the bootstraps” mentality that …
Inside Baseball for Nerds: “American Bridge”
Greg Sargent, at the WaPo’s Plum Line, says that “David Brock’s big-money outside group gains steam“: It looks like David Brock is getting more serious about building a powerful apparatus on the left to go head-to-head with the flood of outside money conservative groups are planning to pump into the 2012 elections. __ I’m told …
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Open Thread: Snark of the Evening
From “The Editors” at the Esquire Political Blog, “Winning the Future, or Losing Our Mind?“: Well, in Tuesday night’s unprecedented three-way competition to redefine the idea of a political platitude for a new century, the president of the United States was the clear winner. The other two competitors finished very far up the track. Representative …