Name the public option, not the bill, after Kennedy
America Blog Aug 27 09David is right. If you name the legislation after Kennedy, then whatever piece of crap the Democrats end up agreeing to - and it will be crap - will be "the Kennedy bill," and no one can vote against that. But, if the Kennedy Option is up for a vote, good luck getting the votes to take that down. What would the Republicans do in our stead? They'd have the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tax Cuts to "reform" health care. Here's David Waldman at Dkos: The temptation to name the health care reform bill after fallen health care champion Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) is as understandable as it is overwhelming. Full story...
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Jesse gets engaged
America Blog 6 hours agoJesse Lee is our blog contact at the White House. He's one of the few normal people working there. Seems he popped the question at the State Dinner last night.
Was Google right not to remove racist image of Michelle Obama?
America Blog 8 hours agoI heard about this yesterday. The Guardian has a story on it. What do you think?
A racist image of Michelle Obama which depicts the first lady with monkey features has sparked controversy.
Advice for Blanche Lincoln re health care reform
America Blog 9 hours agoFrom Nate Silver, via Jed Lewison at DKos:
If I were Blanche's Lincoln's Chief of Staff, my advice to her would be as follows:Vote for cloture.
Howard Dean: Lieberman should relinquish chairmanship if he supports anti health care reform filibuster
America Blog 11 hours agoHoward Dean:
"I think that [Lieberman] is a very complicated guy," said Dean. "He does [confuse me] because he says he's a principled guy but there's nothing principled about holding up a bill.
CBS' Early Show Blurs Out Adam's Same-Sex Kiss, But Not Britney-Madonna's
America Blog 12 hours agoMore from TowleRoad and JoeMyGod.
US fails to join landmine ban
America Blog 13 hours agoCowards.
The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
Bruce Reed, head of the DLC, oddly channels those anonymous White House sources attacking Dems
America Blog 15 hours agoIt's always interesting when the Lieberman wing of the Democratic party starts parroting White House talking points in an effort to bash real Democrats.
Obama's decision-making process. Deliberative, or overly compromising?
America Blog 17 hours agoThe Washington Post has an interesting story today about President Obama's decision-making process. Ignore the quotes from the Republicans - they're in this game for politics, not offering any kind of honest criticism.
Krugman says the economy's outlook is "extremely grim"
America Blog 19 hours agoAnd he worries that people are now complacent since we're in a "recovery" from the recession. A recovery, Krugman notes, that will still have the unemployment rate above 8% in 2012.
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