Irreconciliable Differences in Stupakistan

Politico has a series of threads up on the Stupak Amendment, insurance coverage of abortion, and angry choice activists.  The first one is on the amendment and what hopefully is its inability to survive the reconciliation process . The other is on the RNC pulling abortion coverage from its staff’s insurance plan. The men in [...]

Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away

I go to a Mad Men blog these days to chill out from politics.  If you follow Mad Men, you know that Betty Draper found out who her husband really is and that, added to all of the other emotional insults she’s taken over the years, has forced her to come to some decisions in [...]

Trying to stick a “Far Left” label on Righteous Indignation

The New York Times Opinionator blog aggregator has detected a nascent revolt in the Democratic party.  The Times is only 18 months late.  The PUMAs were ahead of the curve the day the DNC RBC knifed its own voters and installed Barack Obama as the nominee over the objections of slightly more than half of [...]

All Hail the Corporatist in Chief

Any one who thinks the Democratic Party or the Democratic President represent the interests of the little guy in this country can’t be reading any newspapers.  I’ve always thought that the Republican Party overly favored big business and was out to set up monopolies for all its cronies.  It’s hard to believe anyone aligning themselves [...]

NJ’s largest paper endorses Chris Daggett for Governor and rejects the two party system

Man-o-man, I should’ve been paying closer attention.  Guys, this is the Big Kahuna.  The Star-Ledger, one of New Jersey’s largest papers, has endorsed Independent Chris Daggett for governor.  The reasons for this endorsement are spectacular.  Let’s have a read:
The Star-Ledger today endorses independent candidate Chris Daggett and recommends his election as the next governor of [...]

Moonbats for Moonbeam

From the Sacramento Bee:
The California attorney general’s office opened an investigation Thursday into allegations that the state’s largest health insurers were rejecting medical claims at alarming rates.
The inquiry was prompted by a report released Wednesday by the California Nurses Association. The report suggested that the insurers rejected a fifth of all claims received over the [...]

Kiss my ass, Dave

David “M-M-M-My” Sirota has written an accurate yet ridiculous piece about last year’s election:
Though the 2006 and 2008 elections were billed as progressive movement successes, the story behind them highlights a longer-term failure. During those contests, most leaders of Washington’s major labor, environmental, antiwar and anti-poverty groups spent millions of dollars on a party endeavor [...]

Ted Kennedy Dies at Age 77

Ted Kennedy has just died after a long battle with brain cancer at the age of 77.
From CNN:
“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” a family statement said. “We thank everyone who [...]

Entitlements and Smoke Filled Rooms

I recently received an email from someone I worked on a campaign with a couple of years ago.  I’ll call her Daisy.  Daisy is one of the most talented campaign volunteers you wlll ever want to meet.  I hope someone pays her big someday.
Anyway, Daisy and I had an email exchange that eventually boiled down [...]

It’s just a little bit of Policy Fail Repeating

When you let lobbyists make public policy, failure is an acceptable outcome. That’s because the point of the policy isn’t the public and isn’t necessarily doing what will work. The point of the policy is to enrich and perpetuate the entrenched interests. Every other possible goal becomes expendable including those that have to do [...]