Senator Lieberman sounds skeptical that a ‘public option’ for health care is the right approach.
With Al Franken declared the winner in Minnesota the Democrats may claim 60 seats in the Senate, but with disagreements like this its going to be difficult for them to effectively exercise the control of a supermajority.
Tags: health care, Lieberman, politics, Senate, supermajority
The RNC is out with a new video exploring one aspect of the heath care debate that Democrats haven’t been too keen on discussing in much detail; how they’re going to pay for it all. The short answer is “revenue raisers” easily one of my favorite political euphemisms.
In something of a jujitsu move it’s good to see the RNC harnessing Ed Schultz to make their point; particularly after his mean spirited and quite frankly shocking appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe earlier this week where he accused former Vice President Cheney of wanting Americans to die in a terrorist attack in order for conservatives to gain some sort of political advantage.
This is probably the first time I’ve actually seen someone “question the patriotism” of a political opponnent, and I can only conlcude that Ed Schultz is either deeply disturbed or in the business of creating controversy to garner attention for his televsion show. I’m just not sure which is worse.
Tags: Cheney, Ed Schultz, health care, MSNBC, RNC, video
Guest posted about our engagement on the fiancée’s blog.
Tags: engagement, guest post, personal, wedding
Nearly as fast as yesterday’s tragedy at the Holocaust Memorial Museum could unfold here in Washington, DC came attempts to label the perpetrator within our left/right political spectrum. The obvious problem with this is that the individual in question is himself far outside the mainstream of politics in America. His antisemitism, his racist beliefs, his denial of the holocaust and of the 9/11 attacks thankfully are not at home in either of our major political parties.
Perhaps instead of focusing on the all consuming hatred of an evil man we should be memorializing Stephen T. Johns, the security guard killed while defending the visitors and staff of the museum.
A spokesman for House Minority Leader Boehner said it best,“Trying to exploit this awful tragedy to score political points – from the right or the left - is simply grotesque.” (Politico).
Hear, hear.
Tags: evil, Holocaust Museum, shooting, tragedy, Washington DC
In Connecticut at least, where Quinnipiac’s latest poll on baseball loyalities finds that 42% of Nutmeggers are Yankees fans compared to 38% who support the Red Sox. My siblings will not be pleased. No doubt they expected last year’s unprecedented result (41% Red Sox, 40% Yankees) to be the start of a trend in their favor. I’ll admit that after the fanfare surrounding NESN’s rollout in Waterbury and the world series trophy making a swing through the state I was becoming concerned. However, it appears that the status quo is returning to the ‘land of steady habits.’
Tags: baseball, Connecticut, polls, Yankees
I sure would like a new computer too.
Always good to see the General Assembly getting coverage in a national publication like Election Journal. Particularly when its someone from my neck of the woods like Rep. Sean Williams of Watertown.
Tags: Connecticut, coverage, media, politics
“You can’t get corporate jets, you can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer’s dime.“
Barack Obama, February 2009.
“Obama lands in Las Vegas for Reid fundraiser“
Mercury News, May 2009.
While I continue putting the final touches on the post 2008 election relaunch of the site take a moment to enjoy U2 playing “Magnificent” off their new album live on the BBC’s London rooftop.
