This email made me want to reach for a drink: Former First Lady Nancy Reagan today announced plans to invite all of the leading contenders for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination to two debates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The Reagan Presidential Foundation plans to play host to both the first GOP …
Election 2012
Paradox and Pandering
Jumping off mistermix’s post, Republicans are going to have some problems cutting Medicaid for the same reason they can’t cut Medicare. They ran and won on protecting and expanding benefits to senior citizens, and Medicaid is the other program that hugely benefits senior citizens. They didn’t run on small government and conservatism. They ran on …
Socialists Against NBC-Comcast Merger
Sen. Bernie Sanders, “self-described democratic socialist“, sent me an e-mail: JUST SAY NO TO THE NBC-COMCAST MERGER! __ The recent suspension of Keith Olberman by MSNBC raises the larger question of corporate control of the media in the United States. Thanks to the response of hundreds of thousands of Americans, Keith was reinstated. But without …
How the GOP Governs (Badly)*…or A Few Bumps in the (Rail)Road for our New Randian Overlords…
This caught my eye on one fine New England Monday morning (snark, for those of you not enjoying our rain/wind/grim a.m.). (h/t Midwest Energy News). Money quote on the rash of GOP cancellations/dissings of transportation projects: The $810 million from Wisconsin, $400 million from Ohio, and $3 billion from New Jersey will come back to …
Stand By Pelosi
Paul Krugman, who I often believe is exceptionally tone-deaf regarding politics (but usually right on the merits of policy), is, IMHO, absolutely right here: First, Pelosi has by all accounts been an extremely effective leader. She made health care happen, when it was taken for lost; she has shown an amazing ability to herd cats, …
Defending the Young Non-Voter
Tuesday, Anna North on Jezebel did a post on why she wouldn’t be voting: … I can’t vote today, because I didn’t register in time. New York State’s voter registration forms had to be postmarked or filled out in person by October 8, and I missed that deadline. Obviously, this was really stupid of me… …