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Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: public option
Last Word on the Public Option
Congress did it. Jonathan Chait: There was always a slightly puzzling dynamic at work in the fight over the public option. It polled extremely well, but key Democrats in the Senate opposed it. Now, you could envision a justification for … Continue reading
True Stories Of The Health Care Patrol
Last Thursday, I arrived at the VA clinic precisely on time and waited exactly forty-five seconds before being called to the back. As a nurse drew four small vials of blood with only the tiniest of stabs, I told her … Continue reading
Dead Again
I feel Bob Cesca’s pain: Speaking of which, I trust that following passage of reform the kill-billers will be immediately launching their campaign to pass a public option bill, along with additional legislation to improve the legislation. No? I would … Continue reading
Firebaggers and the Public Option
The newest meme among firebaggers? Obama and the Democrats never wanted the public option and are actively working against it. Glenn Greenwald leads the charge, claiming that all year long, they insisted that the White House and a majority of … Continue reading
Last Stands and the Public Option
Ryan Grim describes the prospect of a public option via reconciliation as a “last stand.” I resubmit that this was always inevitable; that its introduction to the Senate Bill process by Harry Reid was an indication that it could pass … Continue reading
The 1st Dimension of 11-D Chess
is you. Which is why the president has left Washington (and the debate there) to campaign for reform in 17 states home to moderate and conservative Democrats. Their votes are critical to Obama’s endgame for passing legislation to expand coverage … Continue reading
On The Record
The CFPA still isn’t dead, either: The Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a cornerstone of banking reform, won’t go down without a floor flight. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the third-ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee, will introduce an amendment … Continue reading
Public Option Thriving
As of last night the whip count was 36. The public option won’t die — even when Robert Gibbs deflects the issue — because it is the strongest piece on the 11-Dimensional Chess board. What’s not getting recognized in the … Continue reading
