I’ve been hoping for quite some time now that the end result of the extremism of the tea party movement would be a schism in the Republican party, and eventually a more moderate, legitimately fiscal conservative group taking the reigns. The time scale for shifts in party ideology are obviously quite large, but if reports [...]
Mary Matalin was on The Colbert Report tonight, and after she was done lying about “deem and pass”, she talked about Republicans’ plans for “repealing” the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka: health care reform). Here’s a tip for seeing through Republican talking points on health care; if they preface their statements by claiming [...]
I’m not saying the reconciliation bill isn’t important, but scuttling it would be a little like winning the NIT.
<Aerion> I want a tracking poll question like, “Do you agree, disagree, strongly agree, or strongly disagree with the following statement: Barack Obama gets shit done.”
Democrats got some good news on HCR tonight: Wake Forest showed them it’s possible to win even with horrible clock management skills.
<harveyj> Every time you hear ‘eye of the tiger’ over a golf montage in the next fortnight, drink!
<Aerion> I admire the irony of small-state senators complaining about anything being “undemocratic”.
There’s been some speculation that Evan Bayh is retiring from the Senate to prepare for a run for President.
Whatever. I won’t believe it until I see him writing on his hand.
That radio shack was the largest thing TPM has watched spontaneously implode since the Bush administration
It’s obvious that allowing openly gay soldiers to serve would introduce sexual tension, undermining unit cohesion. That’s why we don’t let women serve in the military.