A GOP Silver Lining

The passage of health care reform hasn’t been easy for the GOP. But there is a silver lining (though, some Republicans might argue that encouraging their party chairman is not exactly in the Party’s best interests): Michael Steele has finally figured out a way to raise money. The RNC’s webite, www.firenancypelosi.com, which depicts the Speaker as [...]

Late Lunch Break: The Immortality Of A Plastic Bag

An 18 minute film by Werner Herzog and Ramin Bahrani. (H/T @thegarance.)

1,000 Words: Home Alone Edition

H/T to Christopher Roughton, who alerted me (via Twitter) to this AP Photo. It shows House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers holding a Capitol Hill news conference today on health care legislation: Roughton’s suggested caption: Bueller? Anyone? Bueller?

White House Officially Endorses “F#@king”

During this morning’s East Room event, Vice President Joe Biden turned to President Barack Obama and said into his ear, “This is a big f#%king deal.” The private comment was picked up on a live mic. Moments later, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs endorsed Biden’s comment, via Twitter. And yes Mr. Vice President, you’re right…

The Challenge of Measuring The Right-Wing Fringe

The Daily Beast reports today the results of a Harris Research poll that will be released tomorrow. Among the findings: 67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist. 57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim 45 percent of Republicans (25 percent [...]

President Obama Signs And Celebrates His Partisan Victory

As President Obama noted after arriving in the East Room Tuesday morning, spring has arrived in Washington. The signs of life inside the White House were everywhere, in the whoops and hollers of Democratic members of Congress, the broad smiles, the “Fired up, ready to go” chants, the constant hugging. The partisan crowd from the [...]

Barack Obama and John McCain: The Bad Blood Remains

On CNN’s Situation Room Monday afternoon, White House aide David Axelrod was asked about Sen. John McCain’s prediction that Democrats will face “a very heavy price to pay” for passing health care reform. Axelrod responded with a rhetorical dagger. Well, look, I — I respect Senator McCain, and I remember when he was a strong [...]

Re: Morning Must Reads

It would seem that one of the benefits of being President is better access to shoe repair. Compare Adam’s post below with this photo that our incomparable Callie Shell took of Obama during his presidential campaign:

Morning Must Reads: What’s Next

Official White House photo by Pete Souza –The day Democrats’ health care legislation is due to be signed into law, Republicans are continuing to push the idea of repeal. At least 10 GOP state attorneys general are lining up legal challenges. –Marc Ambinder writes, “the point of the lawsuits isn’t legal — it’s political. It [...]

5 Reasons Republicans Should Let Go of Health Care

Reporters leaving Capitol Hill in the wee hours of Monday morning were, for the most part, heaving sighs of relief: health care reform had – finally! — passed, a vote for the history books. However imperfect, the deed was done, the fat lady had sung. A day later and Republicans seem not to have gotten [...]