Archive for October 26th, 2009
Pawlenty Goes Rogue
Republican Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota and virtual candidate for President, has come out to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in NY-23 according to reports. With Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin and now Pawlenty all endorsing Hoffman, could the Mayans be right and we don’t even have to worry about who the Republican nominee will […]
Socialists Are Everywhere
Uruguay’s Presidential election is wrapping up and it looks like José Mujica, a socialist and former guerrilla fighter, will win some 47% of the vote reports The New York Times. Mujica needed more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff election at the end of November, but still his chances look good for […]
Senate Bill To Include Opt-Out Public Option
Harry Reid is holding a press conference starting at 3:15 to announce the details of the health care bill that will voted on by the Senate. Early reports say that the bill will include the opt-out public option. This is important because it will take 60 votes to remove the public option out of the […]
From Your Earmark to My PAC
The Washington Post has a great expose about Indiana Republican Congressman Peter J. Visclosky regarding his association with Washington lobbying firm K&L Gates, $44 million in earmarks, 15 clients of K&L Gates who received earmarks over 2008 and 2009, and money “donated” to Visclosky’s campaign.
Wingnut Alert: Obama Golfs More Than Bush
Yesterday, President Obama went out golfing. Two things made this news worthy. This outing was the first time as Presdient that Obama has golfed with a woman reports The Washington Post. The second item, and the most scandalous from the wingnut point of view (sadly I know), President Obama has now tied President George W. […]
High-Risk Energy Grants Awarded To Delaware
Over $150 million in grants were awarded to 37 different “radical” energy research projects reports The New York Times. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), that received its initial funding of $400 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is distributing the monies in 17 states. ARPA-E breaks down the distribution further: Of the lead […]
Monday Open Thread
Are you ready for Monday? Are you ready for Thursday’s Drinking Liberally at the Homegrown Cafe? Let’s talk about Faux News, since they can’t seem to stop talking about themselves. Faux deployed the blondes to whine about Faux News victimhood. There was the inexplicably popular Laura Ingraham on ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopolous: Ingraham […]
Psst… Anyone Notice Something Missing?
Question: Why don’t we have a Surgeon General? Answer: Here, in this excellent rant. Good thing we don’t have a global flu pandemic.
Newt’s Ego 3x Larger Than His Heart
Newt Gingrich said on C-SPAN that he and his wife will decide by February 2011 on whether or not he will run for President reports Political Wire. Callista and I are going to think about this in February 2011. And we are going to reach out to all of our friends around the country. And […]
How the Army Corps of Engineers Stays in Business
It comes up with loony projects, has them embraced by pork-loving congress critters, develops phony economic benefits analysis, and then plays hardball, using people like Pennsylvania’s amoral governor as its cheerleaders. Michael Grunwald wrote a brilliant 5-piece series for the Washington Post back in 2000 chronicling how, in one Corps survey, the Chessie ran east […]
Looking Ahead: What Are The Next Big Congressional Fights?
Health care reform is now entering the final phases of becoming a law – negotiation. Right now the big fight is what kind of public option we’ll get – triggered, opt out, robust (Medicare + 5) or level playing field. It’s certainly no reason to relax but let’s look ahead to what’s next on the […]
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