Right now people who can afford to buy insurance make the decision, ‘I’m not going to buy insurance. I’m going to be a free rider.’ And if I get sick or get in a serious accident, then government’s going to pay for me. That, in my view is the big-government solution we have right now. The alternative - there are a couple of alternatives - one is to ( Read more... )

bin Laden's dead and GM is alive.

Poll

The full consequences of a default - or even the serious prospect of default - by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill ( Read more... )

Part IV, A New Hope Part III Part II Part I

Q. ((Waking up after a long winter's nap)). Er, what am I doing here?
A. It's back.

Q. What's back?
A. Health Care Reform.

Q. I thought it was dead?
A. It was dead. It died in Massachusetts. Martha Coakley murdered it, but because she's the state's Attorney General, no one can prosecute her ( Read more... )

I wondered what would happen if I looked at the correlation between unemployment and presidential approval/disapproval ratings, having claimed in a number of comments this last year that the economy is the super-dominant factor in the mood of the country right now and, implicitly, generally how the country views a President.

( Wonder no more )

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will fly to Haiti on Saturday to get a firsthand look at the earthquake relief effort as well as to help evacuate some Americans caught up in the disaster.They could evacuate at least one more person if they just sent the plane and she didn't go. Probably 100 more, what with all the ( Read more... )

Could it be that Tom Daschle's fate sealed the fate of a public option ( Read more... )

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Clinton: "Yes I Can!"
Edwards: "Help the Poor!"
Obama : "Yes We Can!"

McCain : "I Have More Experience."
Obama : "Yes We Can!"

McCain : "She's Hot!"
Obama : "Yes We Can!"

McCain : "Pssst... Ayers! Socialism!"
Obama : "Yes We Can!"

Its one day after perhaps one of the most incredible gaffes ever in ( Read more... )