Per my last item, Republicans aren’t the only ones hyping the other side’s sinister plans for granny. This DCCC ad comes in defense of longtime South Carolina Rep. John Spratt:
And you thought the death panels debate had subsided: The National Republican Congressional Committee is circulating a video of state Rep. Gary McDowell, the Democratic nominee in the race to replace retiring Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak (D), showing McDowell discussing the cost of health care in the last three months of life…. “We’re not going [...]
That’s how much the federal government has spent to date on healthcare.gov, the new consumer web site that pulls together information about the Affordable Care Act and insurance options available to the public. I’ve praised the web site for being easy to use and for including a gigantic amount of information about private and public [...]
Thomas Friedman’s Sunday Times column about the prospects for a third-party candidate has drawn a good deal of blogospheric scoffing, but Nate Silver says not so fast–that the scenario is more viable than many people think: So will Mr. Friedman see his dream candidate? Probably not. But if Mr. Friedman’s prediction is expressed too confidently, those [...]
The Hill reports that the Washington rumor mill and a reported warning from John Boehner are causing Republican Congressmen to avoid private meetings with female lobbyists, leading said lobbyists to complain about a competitive disadvantage.
It’s just one poll, but Greg Sargent notices that a recent survey from Pew and National Journal indicates that the vast majority of Democrats don’t feel this has been a particularly successful Congress, legislation-wise. As Sargent notes, just 33% of Democrats believe this Congress accomplished more than recent Congresses. (37% said it accomplished the “same” [...]
Rape, brutality and the failure of the international community in Congo: “Congo is the U.N.’s crowning failure,” said Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” whose advocacy group, V-Day, has been working with Congolese women for years…. Within peacekeeping circles, Congo is becoming known as “the African equivalent of Afghanistan,” said Annika Hilding-Norberg, a director [...]
I’m a day late on this, but if you haven’t seen it yet this attack ad–from a group about which almost nothing is known–on West Virginia Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall is quite remarkable.
Remember way back in October of 2009 — it feels like a million years ago to me — when Sarah Palin shocked the establishment by endorsing, on her facebook page, conservative Doug Hoffman over the GOP-chosen candidate Dede Scozzafava in the race to replace Rep. John McHugh? President Obama had picked McHugh, a Republican, to [...]
