The Sorry, Comical State Of Healthcare Reform
Barack Obama ran a perfectly astute campaign for President. How come healthcare reform has been screwed up so badly? At this point, it’s not clear whether a healthcare reform bill will be passed at...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform Politics, In The Round
The only argument ever advanced for allowing Joe Lieberman to stay in the Democratic Party (and keep his precious committee chairmanship and Senate seniority) after his vigorous campaigning for and...
View ArticleDepends On The Definition Of Coup
Roll Call reports that our Harry has scored a major political victory: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday afternoon set the procedural wheels in motion for a crucial vote on a major...
View ArticleThe Entirely Fictitious “What Can We Do?” Defense
Here’s some food for thought: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will force a vote on President Barack Obama‘s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration when the Senate reconvenes in...
View ArticleRepublican Hyperbole Jumps The Shark
Over the weekend, this excerpt from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann‘s forthcoming book, Game Change brought Harry Reid much grief: He (Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the...
View ArticleThe Bipartisan Ship
(1) These days in the Senate, if a Democrat wants to see legislation pass, he or she needs a Republican BFF. Yesterday, the NYT announced the launching of a new maritime joint venture between Max...
View ArticleUnprecedented obstructionism in the Senate
I have neglected to update this blog for some time. But after reading about the Senate GOP’s filibuster of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary – an unprecedented move by an opposition party – it’s...
View ArticleHarry Reid Can Count to 51?
Reid Loses Patience on Health Bill – Roll Call (7/7/09): Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday strongly urged Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name?
Last week, Harry Reid was thundering to the press that “We will never allow terrorists to be released in the United States”, by which he meant that we will never allow Guantanamo detainees to be moved...
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