Mary Landrieu announced today that she will vote for cloture on the Democrats' government medicine bill tonight. The Democrats now have 60 votes and will be able to pass their version of government medicine.
UPDATE: Well, I suppose we shouldn't jump the gun. The Democrats will need 60 votes one [...]
Even congressional Democrats are disgusted with the Obama administration's phony accounting of what the stimulus plan supposedly is accomplishing. Earlier this week, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey lambasted the government's flawed data purporting to show that $160 billion in stimulus spending has created or saved at least 640,000 jobs. [...]
There's a stock column appearing in left-liberal MSM outlets all over the country, The author varies, but the main point is the same: Republican Senators are guilty of "hypocrisy" for attempting to filibuster one of President Obama's judicial nominees after having criticized Democrats for filibustering a host of President Bush's' [...]
The Rasmussen survey finds that Republican candidates continue to enjoy a six-point lead over Democrats in the generic Congressional preference poll. This survey offers more evidence that independent voters are decisively turning away from the Democrats, as independents favor the generic Republican candidate by a rather shocking 41 to [...]
“Franken’s amendment may make sense for national Democrats in laying down lines of attack heading into the 2010 campaign — but this is not what Franken needs to build a base in Minnesota,” said Larry Jacobs, an expert in state politics at the University of Minnesota.
“Being a poster boy of a [...]
There is a brand new term that the media, liberal Democrats and special interests, and the Obama administration are trying to sneak into the American conscious with out anyone realizing.
Repeat after me: Abortion coverage.
Again: Abortion coverage.
One more time: Abortion coverage.
Women face tough choices on abortion coverage“Abortion coverage”
Should you wear [...]
How are voters reacting to the Democrats' ramming Pelosicare through the House? It may be a coincidence, but in the Rasmussen survey the Republicans have jumped out to a six-point lead on the generic Congressional preference poll. It will be interesting to see whether this proves to be a' [...]
Chris Cillizza is a talented but partisan political reporter for the Washington Post. One of his specialties is purporting to draw lessons about political candidates from obscure and rather meaningless comments and events. Somehow, these lessons typically reflect favorably on liberal Democrats and unfavorably on conservative Republicans.
For example, I wrote [...]
Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going [...]
The basic asymmetry of American politics is that there are more conservatives than there are Republicans, while there are more Democrats than there are liberals. This is why Nancy Pelosi wasn't able to persuade anything like a unified caucus to vote for her government takeover of health care, and why' [...]
From the NRCC:
Tonight, Democrats chose to enrich trial lawyers; their political contributors while cutting Medicare benefits for seniors.
[...]If only Democrats had run on such a measure.
It was closer than I thought: 220-215, 39 Dems voting no and a solitary Republican — Joe Cao, who replaced “Dollar Bill” Jefferson in a blue district in Louisiana — voting yes. Take heart, righties: Reid is incompetent, which makes the [...]
According to the Washington Post, the House is expected to vote on the Democrats' health care takeover bill at around 10:00 tonight, eastern time. The Post says that both parties are keeping their vote counts close to the vest, but an hour or so ago Republican Whip Eric Cantor' [...]
At this moment, the House of Representatives has begun to debate Pelosicare. Unexpectedly, the Democrats' leadership is struggling to find the 218 votes needed for passage. The immediate hurdle is abortion. The Democrats' House bill provides for federal funding of abortions, and the pro-life movement has mobilized in support of [...]
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House Committee on Ways & MeansByron York has been following MoveOn.org's effort to enforce left-wing conformity on the Democratic Party. The latest news is that MoveOn has raised nearly $3.6 million to defeat any Senate Democrat who has the temerity to vote against government takeover of health care. Then there's this:
And now, working in [...]
We noted here that a group led by Michele Bachmann was organizing a protest against the Democrats' government takeover of health care, to take place at noon today on the Capitol steps. The protest went off as planned, with 10,000 attending, according to one estimate. The Minneapolis Star' [...]
So the Republican health plan would reduce health premiums and cut the deficit.
Compare and contrast to what the Democrats want to do in their almost 2,000 page bill. Then decide: which kind of change do you really wish to believe in?
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In case you didn’t realize yet that Democrats were way out of the mainstream of American culture and society, I see your “change” and raise you a Federal Taxpayer Backed Abortion Trust Fund.
There is a Federal Trust fund for abortions in [...]
FOX News has just called the New Jersey gubernatorial election for Republican Chris Christie. Given New Jersey's status as a heavily Democratic state, this may be the most surprising result tonight. The Democrats can spin the result away, but the Obama folks thought this race was winnable and that Obama's' [...]
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is teaming up with Mark Levin and others to bring the town halls to Washington on Thursday, day after tomorrow, to protest the Democrats' intended takeover of the health care industry. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others are backing the effort, too. The main rally will' [...]
