Eric Boehlert digs up some data I was wondering about: But back to the loser angle real quick. Again, after Sunday, McCain will have made eleven Sunday morning talk show appearances this year. Asks Benen, “Refresh my memory: was there this much interest in John Kerry’s take on current events in 2005? Answer: There was …
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Keep your hands off my welfare state
Ezra Klein on why the Matlock demographic opposes health care reform: What are seniors so afraid of? From the beginning, Medicare has been named as one of the potential sources of savings that would fund subsidies for the uninsured. That sounds like service cuts, even if the specific changes don’t involve anything of the kind …
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The president of Sunday morning
Here’s the top story on The Page right now: Cheney tells “Fox News Sunday” DOJ interrogation misconduct investigation is “a terrible decision” and “clearly a political move.” I happen to think that having Newt and Cheney on the Sunday morning shows ever week is terrible for the Republican party. If I were Haley Barbour or …
Post goes pro-torture
Ben Smith has an interesting analysis of the Post’s pro-torture, pro-Cheney piece on KSM today: The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news — with a few hedges and qualifications — that waterboarding and sleep deprivation …
Magister Loony
I can’t believe that Monica Hesse snuck this mash note past the editors (via Atrios via MM): The gay marriage supporters have not met Brian Brown. They should. He might be more worth knowing about. Brown is the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, the preeminent organization dedicated to preventing the legalization of …
Sneaky feelings
Via FDL, Nooners and Joe Scar think Obama secretly wants and needs a Republican Congress: I just don’t buy the idea that Obama is likely to lose in 2012, regardless of what approval ratings say, with all due respect to the Tim Pawlenty juggernaut. It’s hard for me to see how after 12+ months of …
Everything You Need to Know About the WSJ Op-Ed pages
Yesterday, Gawker reported that Mark Penn is using his column to drum up business for his company, Burson-Marsteller. Today, the WSJ stated that they don’t care and Penn can keep his column, because they have investigated thoroughly: Today, WSJ spokesman Robert Christie explained the results of the paper’s thorough investigation like so: “Mark has assured …
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