–It looks like the White House feels they have forged enough consensus on health reform to confirm that details of a plan will be posted early next week. The deal reportedly consists of a reconciliation package that follows the basic framework of the House and Senate bills. However, many Democrats in Congress say they haven’t seen it, …
Miscellany
Morning Must Reads
–One of the few areas of comity and cooperation between the parties during the Obama administration has been education policy. The Washington Post reports this morning that Democrats and Republicans in the House are taking a bipartisan stab at rewriting No Child Left Behind.
–It looks like the White House may have a deal on forming …
Evening Miscellany
—Tech President charts the origin of that jobs graphic.
–A politician may finally be allowed to use John Mellencamp songs at rallies: John Mellencamp.
–It’s impersonation day; the NRCC channels Nancy Pelosi in a fundraising e-mail and Charlie Crist ghostwrites a CPAC address for Marco Rubio.
—Bush 43 asks, “Who the [heck] is …
The Vanishing Barack Obama
Have you been suffering from a vague sense of loss? As if something that was once ubiquitous in your life has gone missing, and you are not quite sure what it is? That Miley Cyrus song suddenly out of rotation on the radio? A friend who stopped updating on Facebook? The magazine that stopped coming every week in the mail? CBS News’ Mark …
1,000 Words: Flipped-Out Over Snow Edition
1,000 Words: Protest Edition
Morning Must Reads
–A new Washington Post/ABC News poll out this morning suggests Sarah Palin’s public image has taken a serious hit. A 55 percent majority say they have an unfavorable view of the former governor and a devastating 71 percent say she is unqualified to be president, up ten points from November. David Broder seems to fall somewhere in that …
1,000 Words: Snow Day Edition
This one, from our White House Photo Blog, was taken a few days back, but there’s plenty more of the same today:
UPDATE: From commenter michaelfury:
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with
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Morning Must Reads
Hey Swamplanders. As Karen mentioned, I’m going to be chipping in around here. One of the things I plan on doing is a daily “Morning Must Reads” post to share a few things that we’re currently following. Here is its maiden voyage:
–Consistent with the tenor of past health reform negotiations, Republican leadership and the White …
1,000 Words: Snowpocalypse Edition
I’m still out of the country, trying to figure out how I’m going to get back to DC, now that the airports are all shut down. But I thought this photo, from our White House Photo Blog, might elicit a few creative captions over this snowbound weekend. Are there plaques on the other chairs at the table? What do you think it says on Biden’s? …
The GOP Twitter Kings
Everyone thinks of Obama-land and the Dems as the rulers of new media after their successful harnessing of facebook and social media networking during the 2008 campaign. Apparently, Congressional Republicans have caught on quick. According to a new Congressional Research Study, House Republicans are responsible for the majority of …
Tea and Crumpets
Here’s my take from the first day – which was mostly meet and greet. Later in the evening former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo delivered a predictable speech on immigration reform and the health care bill – an updated version of his 2008 stump speeches during his short-lived presidential campaign — as the audience munched on warm …
Demand Question Time
Pop quiz: Quickly name a cause that conservative organizer Grover Norquist, liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas, liberal media predator L. Brent Bozell III, Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuval, former Swamplander Ana Marie Cox, and John McCain/George W. Bush Adviser Mark McKinnon can all sign on to?
Nope. It’s not tax breaks for TV …