Super Congress? Really?
HuffPost is running their lede this morning on a "Super Congress" - so far, places like the Times, the Post, Roll Call and the Hill don't seem to have it, but it's Sunday and they just might be running...
View ArticleIs this the End of the Democratic Party?
Crossposted from Democratic Convention Watch, where the poll resides.We've talked for a long time about how the Republicans set and then move the goal posts. Finally, the goal posts have left the...
View ArticleWasting Money in Afghanistan
As the budget wars continue, we seem to talk about getting out of Afghanistan, but even while we're there, the money wasted is atrocious.I have a friend who owns a construction company. He went to...
View ArticleThe Obama-Boehner War, and How it Could Save America
Crossposted from Democratic Convention Watch.I keep watching these two and think of Carl Albert and Richard Nixon, Tip O'Neill and Ronnie Reagan, and Newt Gingrich and Bubba the Big Dog. Strong...
View ArticleGovernments Big and Small
The 2012 elections in the US are about three things that our elections usually are not about:1. How much hatred does the wacko right have for President Obama and how much of that hatred is strict,...
View ArticleToday's #hcr Moment: Back Door to #SinglePayer?
Could greed and a sentence in a law lead us to single payer? It's a bit convoluted, but here goes...A little bit of economics. Business is in business to make money for itself, and often stockholders....
View ArticleHow the GOP Shut Down Voter Registration
I begin with something that my friend Scott wrote on his Facebook page when I posted about Carol Aichele storming our voter registration table a couple weeks ago: Jessica is a friend of mine who...
View ArticleCan Mike Bloomberg Save America?
I am confused.President Obama is back in DC. He brought with him on Air Force One Brian Schatz, the man Neil Abercrombie appointed to replace Daniel Inouye, in direct disregard of Inouye's final wish....
View ArticlePA Assembly Wants to Steal YOUR Presidential Vote
Crossposted from Democratic Convention WatchYesterday, Barack Obama was publicly sworn in as president for his second term. If some Pennsylvania state legislators had passed current legislation making...
View ArticleToday's #HCR Moment: Kansas to Quarantine HIV/AIDS Patients
It's hard to imagine typing that headline in 2013. But before we get to the legislation itself, I keep thinking about Frank. Back in 1990, Frank came into my office. He had AIDS, and although that...
View ArticleWhy I joined the Wall of Moms
For those of you who don’t know me, I stay in my house because as a “most vulnerable”: my chances of death from coronavirus are statistically very high. I sat out the George Floyd/BLM protests for that...
View ArticleThe PA 2014 Governor's Race: First Preview
Yesterday Nate Silver handicapped next year's gubernatorial contests, and Tom Corbett came in as fifth most vulnerable. All well and good, but my current interest is the Pennsylvania race, mostly...
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