GAGH! What is wrong that man?? Why can’t he stay out of public view and let these two families he’s created rebuild their lives in peace? (I’m going to assume he’s not down with the mutual silence pact.) There have been a lot of delusional people in American politics, but John Edwards just might take [...]
Karen is absolutely right about the health insurance vicious cycle–unless you really go for it and put health insurers under even more public control and regulate their profits, like public utilities, you can’t stop the health premium spiral that would occur if the insurers were forced to cover everyone. But does anyone actually think something [...]
John Edwards arrives in Haiti. Seriously. Today of all days.
Note/update: A White House official denies that Emanuel has been floating any specific proposal. Says the official: “Rahm continues to speak with members and hear their thoughts, but has not been pushing or advocating one position over another.” Politico reports that, in an effort to rescue what he can of the Obama Administration’s health care [...]
Actually, this week’s cover story on Obama’s first year–and the effects of the Massachusetts debacle. I should say that today’s news–a much stronger financial reform push by the President–confirms the hints I was receiving from White House aides. My suspicion is that fundamental health care reform is dead for now, and will be replaced by [...]
Is there a Plan B? The big news today is that the Speaker has come pretty close to closing the door on the idea that the House pass the Senate version of the health care bill. Our colleague Sophia Yan was at her news conference, and reports:
John Edwards finally admits what we already knew: “I am Quinn’s father.” He and Mark McGwire are now tied for least-surprising admission of 2010. Anyone else? OJ, got something to tell us? A proposal: I know Andrew Young (the former Edwards aide who originally claimed the child was his) has a book coming out. And [...]
At the end of the last post, I asked Swampland’s informed and argumentative throng to weigh in with its take on what went wrong for Obama in his first year. The answers are varied, and worth reading. What follows is not a complete reprinting, but includes the best responses so far. (Keep ‘em coming in [...]
In a new story up on Time.com, I run through some of the working theories, and argue that they each contain a bit of truth. 1. The challenges were just too big for any one man. The thinking here is pretty straightforward: Obama was not elected Emperor. He was elected President, subject to the onerous [...]
