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The most important number in politics this weekend

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 04:14:34 +0000

8 That's the number of House Democrats voting against tonight's health care bill who represent districts carried by President Barack Obama during the 2008 election. Of the eight, Obama's highest percentage came in Rep. Artur Davis' 7th district where he won 74 percent of the vote. Davis' vote is ...

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Urban Dictionary

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000

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Okaloosa straw poll goes for Rubio, McCollum, Putnam

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:36:00 +0000

Chalk up another straw poll victory for Marco Rubio. He garnered 86 votes to Gov. Charlie Crist's 4 votes during a straw poll today hosted by the Okaloosa Republican Exec Committee. The straw poll, open to the public with a $20 admission fee, is the latest straw poll to lean heavily in ...

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Thirteen Straw Polls in a Row for Marco Rubio

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:36:00 +0000

Rubio in front of Crist AGAIN! From The Buzz Okaloosa straw poll goes for Rubio, McCollum, Putnam: Chalk up another straw poll victory for Marco Rubio. He garnered 86 votes to Gov. Charlie Crist's 4 votes during a straw poll today hosted by the Okaloosa Republican Exec Committee. This makes ...

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PelosiCare: Reaction Roundup (Palin, Sowell, Anchoress, Dr. Helen, Jacobson, Locke, Doc Zero)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:36:00 +0000

The anger of the American public is only just beginningDr. Helen's message is inspiring:You are never doomed until you are dead. There is always something that can be done. The anger of the American public is only just beginning. It is an energy that will be needed in the coming days, weeks and ...

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Bachmann Rally Compares Health Reform to Holocaust

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:34:35 +0000

The radical fringe of the Republican party today gathered to hear Michelle Bachmann call for open rebellion against the government. Signs were held up in front of the US Capitol showing a Nazi mass grave and calling it “healthcare”. Other signs showed the president as an evil villain ...

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Keith Calls Out Bachmann and Friends for Their "Press Conference"

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000

DOWNLOADS: (22) PLAYS: (112) Keith and Eugene Robinson had the same reaction I did to watching members of Congress out there calling for something close to the overthrow of our government. I agree completely with Eugene Robinson—it was frankly appalling. OLBERMANN: Good evening from New York. An ...

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Lindsey Graham: Reform "D.O.A." In Senate, Public Option "A Disaster" (video)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:11:47 +0000

The morning after the House passes a health care reform bill 220-215, two Senators appear on "Face The Nation." Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island says...

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Probe Ordered on 'Islamist Extremist'

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:44:24 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: Lieberman says there were 'strong warning signs' about Fort Hood shooter, launches investigation • Radical Muslim Hails Fort Hood Massacre • Signs of Trouble With Suspect | SLIDESHOW • Suspect Critical but Stable | FULL COVERAGE

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Which Republican did this? [UPDATED.]

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:43:23 +0000

[UPDATE] I was emailed that it was Louie Gohmert (R TX-01). Looking for video. [ANOTHER UPDATE]: Short, sweet, and to the point: I’m not following the floor action on the House health care rationing bill – I figure it’ll eventually pass the House somehow, and I am still fighting a cold – so I ...

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Go Team Marines! (Sticky; headlines follow)

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:43:23 +0000

Go Team Marines! (Sticky; headlines follow)

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Doctor No, health care rationing, and unanimous consent.

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:24:57 +0000

(H/T: Big Government ) Senator Tom Coburn is living up to his nickname: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior ...

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Why We Love Sen. Coburn, Reason #325: Dr. No Threatening to Have Bill Read on Senate Floor

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:24:57 +0000

From Politico: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor. Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was considering ...

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Veterans and supporters ask Coburn to drop hold on bill

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +0000

Published: 11/7/2009 2:25 AM Last Modified: 11/7/2009 5:02 AM WASHINGTON Veterans and their supporters called on U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote on a bill to offer assistance and improve benefits to wounded veterans and their caregivers. The Oklahoma Republican ...

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The Night They Drove the Tea Partiers Down

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:46:41 +0000

FOR all cable news’s efforts to inflate Election 2009 into a cliffhanger as riveting as Balloon Boy, ratings at MSNBC and CNN were flat Tuesday night. But not at Fox News, where the audience nearly doubled its usual prime-time average . That’s what happens when you have a thrilling story to ...

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Hutchison in Fort Hood spotlight

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Kay Bailey Hutchison has emerged as the most visible official in the wake of the shooting at Fort Hood.

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Political Pandering of Ft Hood, New Lebanese Govt

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Frank Rich Seymour Hersh Lee Siegel “We’re not going to let the system go back to the way it was,” - Timothy Geithner "As the unemployment rate crossed the 10 percent threshold at week’s end, we learned that bankers were helping themselves not just to bonuses as large as those at the ...

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Health care by coercive government

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

America's Founding Fathers established a government based on the consent of the governed. They never envisioned a government that ran the lives of its citizens with or without their consent. Suffice it to say they would turn in their graves if they read the 1,900-plus-page health care reform ...

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CQ Transcript: Reps. Van Hollen, Pence, Sen. Lieberman Gov.-elect McDonnell on 'Fox News Sunday' (CQPolitics.com)

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:16 +0000

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Health care passes the House

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:52:25 +0000

Health-care reform passed the House, quite literally, at the eleventh hour. It passed with a slim, two-vote margin. But it passed. That is more than has ever happened before. More than Truman or Nixon or Carter or Clinton managed. More than Rayburn or O'Neill or Gingrich managed. It is ...

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Mad Men's Don Draper effect

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:17:12 +0000

He's a suave role model, but what are viewers learning from his behavior?

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Who Voted Against Health Care Reform-- And Why?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:10:42 +0000

Bipartisanship: anti-health care clowns in Georgia & Wisconsin I lived-tweeted last night's historic session of the House of Representatives as it voted to pass the health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed ...

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House Democrats Voting No

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:10:42 +0000

An interesting table from The New York Times profiles the House Democrats who voted “no” on health reform last night. Mostly it’s people from districts that went for John McCain, oftentimes heavily so. There’s also Artur Davis whose district suggests he ought to be a ...

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Democrats against healthcare reform

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:10:42 +0000

The netroots have given Larry Kissell $485,795 (via OpenLeft), over the past couple of cycles. He voted no on this healtcare reform bill. He says it was to "protect medicare" which seems like a bizzare explanation. Here's the list of those Democrats that voted against it, and they all have ...

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Primary them

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:10:42 +0000

By Creature Sixty-four Democrats voted in favor of the vile, anti-choice Stupak amendment . Of those sixty-four, I especially loath the twenty-six who voted against the health-care reform bill overall. If these twenty-six Dems had no intention of voting for the bill, then they should have ...

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Bart Stupak Thinks He Knows What I Can Do With My Body

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:29:28 +0000

And Congress is voting to let him make that choice. The amendment, which you can download and read in full here, would do three things. First, it would codify the Hyde Amendment provisions in the bill so that the ban on federal funds being used for abortions besides those resulting from rape or ...

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Clip and Save

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:05:06 +0000

House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill House Democrats Who Voted for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment House Democrats Who Voted Yes on Stupak-Pitts and No on the Final Bill (the Worst of the Worst): Jason Altmire (Pa. 4) John Barrow (Ga. 12) John Boccieri (Ohio 16) Dan Boren ...

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President Raises Fort Hood in Health Bill Push

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:14:00 +0000

President Obama invoked the Fort Hood shootings in an emotional appeal to Democrats to pass health care reform today, contrasting the sacrifices of soldiers with political positioning.

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Health Care That's Always A Scare

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:19:23 +0000

Pelosi and Obama get to 218 and more: Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House By CARL HULSE and ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care...

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Dem Congressman Equates Tough Interview Questions with Political Favoritism

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:36:06 +0000

Very often criticism of journalists is actually criticism of journalism. Effective investigative reporting entails asking the tough questions and demanding answers. Powerful Democrats, including White House officials, have derided Fox News for this reason. But even conservative bloggers are ...

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Michael Steele, Tim Kaine Square Off On Health Reform Passage (video)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:17:00 +0000

The chairmen of the Republican and Demcoratic National Committees debate the historic passage of health care reform on "This Week." Kaine suggests ...

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Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:30:09 +0000

Don't the Democrats control Congress? How did Nancy Pelosi get to the point where she didn't have enough votes in her own caucus to pass health reform unless she paved the way for language that, as Jon Cohn puts it, "mak[es] it more likely that millions of American women will no longer be able ...

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Abortion struggle came down to the wire

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:00:54 +0000

Rep. Bart Stupak says he was willing to settle for less. Read more...

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Tyson (foods) ordered to pay $250K for labor violations at Alabama plant

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:09:39 +0000

Source: [b]Birmingham Business Journal[/b] by Lauren B. Cooper Staff A federal court in Birmingham has ordered Tyson Foods Inc. to pay $250,000 for labor violations at its Blountsville facility. The verdict stems from a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor against the poultry ...

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Bart Stupak’s C-Street Sepsis

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:00:26 +0000

As you reflect on the horrible vote that traded reproductive choice for health care, remember that the champion of that vote is one of C Street's top Democratic members.

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Floor Debate on H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care For America Act: Chairman George Miller Rebuttal (video)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:57:20 +0000

Rep. George Miller, Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, delivers a rebuttal to the proposed Republican amendment during the floor debate on H.R. 3...

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Igor Panarin's Doomsday Tea Party

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

One ex-KGB analyst has been warning for years that the US will collapse in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.

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The ‘Party Of No’ Becomes The ‘Party Of Slow’

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:01:10 +0000

Our guest bloggers are Daniel J. Weiss , a Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and energy team interns Jaren Love and Michael McGovern. Senate Republicans are demanding lengthy economic analyses of progressive clean energy ...

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64 Democrats Voted To Put A Bureaucrat Between You, Your Insurance Provider, And Your Doctor On The Issue Of Abortion

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:13:08 +0000

illutration by twolf1 In the House, the Stupak anti-abortion amendment passed 240 to 194 with one member voting present. 64 Democrats votes yes on the Stupak amendment. The Stupak amendment would effectively ban insurance companies from selling insurance plans that cover elective abortion ...

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John Riggins: Dan Snyder Has A Dark Heart

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:56:53 +0000

In many ways, Riggo is acting like some sort of senator or ambassador for the aggrieved Redskins fans . He’s the NFL’s Alan Grayson.

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Cantor's subtle criticism of Leader Limbaugh

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000

CANTOR'S SUBTLE CRITICISM OF LEADER LIMBAUGH.... Congressional Republican leaders are generally reluctant to criticize right-wing tactics and efforts, so I suppose Eric Cantor deserves some credit for yesterday's mild and indirect rebuke. I'm just not sure if he'll stick to...

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Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster House Bill "As A Matter Of Conscience"

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:11:33 +0000

This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) about the House's historic passage of health care legislation last night. Lieberman said that as a "matter of conscience," he will join a Republican filibuster if a public option �" which has supposedly been ...

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The Worst Thing From The Annapolis Election

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

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Two-point-six trillion dollars

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:04:04 +0000

Yes, $2.6 Trillion! A Closer Look at the Full 10 Years of Spending in the House Health Bill The true cost is not the net spending on only the coverage related provisions ($897 billion) but rather the total gross spending for the coverage provisions ($1.05 trillion) as well as any additional ...

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One GOP Vote?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:30:21 +0000

Roll Call reports that the House Dems may be able to pick up one Republican vote for the health care bill: Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao (R-La.) A former Jesuit seminarian, the Dems move to allow a vote on the pro-life "Stupak amendment" appears to have been key for Cao. But also remember Cao's ...

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Ensign moves out of home on C Street

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:13:50 +0000

Sen. John Ensign has moved out of the C Street house, the Christian home he shared with other elected officials on Capitol Hill that came under scrutiny for its residents’ beliefs and practices and their role in trying to end the Nevada Republican’s affair with a campaign staff member.

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Lieberman Promises To Filibuster House Health Bill (video)

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:25:06 +0000

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Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:00:38 +0000

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops apparently now runs the US government, aided by "faith-based advocacy groups," the House Democratic Leadership, the White House and members of the Senate. If you didn't know before, you know now.

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Rubio record diverges from campaign rhetoric

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:52:10 +0000

By Adam C. Smith and Alex Leary , Times Staff Writers In Print: Sunday, November 8, 2009 Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. But if those turning against Gov. Charlie Crist ...

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The Creigh Deeds Strategy Embraced By 24 Blue Dogs!

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:58:18 +0000

Creigh Deeds, strategist for 2010 Blue Dog caucus Yesterday we talked about how disgraceful Democratic coward Larry Kissell had decided to follow the Creigh Deeds strategy of alienating Democratic voters and keeping them from going to the polls. Maybe Kissell misses being a civics teacher . ...

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