Bill Maher commenting on the Democrats cowardice in failing to bring up tax cuts before the midterm elections......

"They (Democrats) are such bad salesmen.  They couldn't sell Lindsay Lohan on a rum and coke."

Sadly, truer words were never spoken.

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March 23, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist An Absence of Class

By BOB HERBERT

Some of the images from the run-up to Sunday’s landmark health care vote in the House of Representatives should be seared into the nation’s consciousness. We are so far, in so many ways, from being a class act.

A group of lowlifes at a Tea Party rally in Columbus, Ohio, last ( Read more... )

Though anyone who has followed the crucial health care debate might know the major provisions of this legislation (ending denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions, allowing young adults up to the age of 26 to remain on their parents' insurance, ending unfair health insurance policies like denial of or capping coverage when a person becomes ( Read more... )

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Teabagger, former US Congressman and current US Senate candidate from Arizona JD Hayworth ran into the buzzsaw that is Rachel Maddow on her show tonight. As fast as he might try to tap dance away his previous record as a Congressman, Rachel lights a fire under his fabricating, tap-dancing little feet. His past associations with convicted felon ( Read more... )

If you support health care reform in general, and the public option in particular, please visit the Whip Congress for a Public Option website to see if your senator supports implementing the public option through budget reconciliation. Momentum is building as 40 Democratic senators have now expressed their support for this action. And if you live ( Read more... )

I realize that I posted someone else's blog post yesterday.  But I just have to do this one more time.  This article by Emory University professor Drew Westen was published on yesterday's edition of the Huffington Post.  It is so close to how I feel about the current political situation, I wish I'd written it.  Kudos Dr.Westen!

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In light of tonight's GOP victory in the Massachusetts senate race, I thought it would be instructive of offer something that the mainstream media RARELY offers the public.....a little perspective.  With the unrelenting omnipresence of 24-hour cable and 24/7 availability of internet news, the public's attention is forever focused on the here-and- ( Read more... )