President Obama went out on a limb today, during an event at Home Depot: I know the idea may not be very glamorous, although I get really excited about it. We were at the roundtable and somebody said, “Insulation’s not sexy.” I disagree. Frank, don’t you think insulation is sexy stuff? Here’s what — here’s [...]
In a gaggle just now in the Senate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., explained the apparent contradiction between his current opposition to expanding Medicare to allow those between 55- and 64-years-old to pay a fee to join the program and his past support for similar proposals. “I didn’t change my mind on the Medicare buy-in,” Lieberman [...]
Marc Ambinder has a fine (mixed) metaphor to describe the frustration of many Democratic lawmakers: “Lieberman has designed his public campaign as a way to streeeetch out the debate as much as possible, and just as Democrats seem to be on the verge of reaching him, like a quantum particle, he appears instantly at a [...]
Evan McMorris-Santaro, over at TPM, points out that Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said in 2000 that he favored a medicare buy-in for 55- to 64-years-old. From the Bangor Daily News in 2000: In an interview after the town meeting, Lieberman said that health care changes can only come incrementally, which is why the Democratic [...]
As delivered today at Oslo City Hall, in Oslo, Norway. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the [...]
Five things you probably don’t need to know about: 1. Have you noticed recently that friends or neighbors are lugging hundreds of pounds of mint condition currency from their mailbox to their cars? Well here’s what’s going on: They have discovered the apparently-legal, frequent-flier, dollar-coin, free-shipping gambit you probably wish you thought of first. 2. [...]
TIME’s Bobby Ghosh files this report: AP is reporting that Pakistani authorities in the northeastern city of Sarghoda have detained five U.S. nationals. Three of the men are of Pakistani origin, one is of Egyptian descent and the fifth man is of Yemeni descent. All are aged between 18 and 20, according to local authorities. [...]
File under “Best Filibuster Ever.” Over at TPM, Christina Bellantoni points to this video of North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan reading the scripts of televised pharmaceutical ads yesterday on the Senate floor. Like William Shatner doing the Palin family on Conan O’Brien, a little bit of Dorgan goes a long way, especially when it comes [...]
