All Posts Tagged With: "Blue Dogs"
Even A Stopped Clock…
Time’s Joe Klein writes about the foolishness of Blue Dog Democrats.
5Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
The Next Battle – Cap and Trade
This isn’t looking good.
Via Matt Yglesias:
Lisa Lerer’s Politico piece on how moderate Senate Democrats don’t want to do a cap-and-trade bill is extremely frustrating. Neither Mary Landrieu nor Ben Nelson nor Evan Bayh nor Kent Conrad nor Mark Pryor seems to want to say that they don’t think climate change is real. Nor do they [...]
Why Isn’t This Called Bribery?
Via WaPo:
The roiling debate about health-care reform has been a boon to the political fortunes of Ross and 51 other members of the Blue Dog Coalition, who have become key brokers in shaping legislation in the House. Objections from the group resulted in a compromise bill announced this week that includes higher payments for rural [...]
What Do The Blue Dogs Want?
Paul Krugman lays it out.
So what are the objections of the Blue Dogs?
Well, they talk a lot about fiscal responsibility, which basically boils down to worrying about the cost of those subsidies. And it’s tempting to stop right there, and cry foul. After all, where were those concerns about fiscal responsibility back in 2001, when [...]
Blue Dogs Raking It In and Sticking It To The Poor
The Blue Dog Democrats coalition has raised more money than any other PAC in 2009. Somehow, coincidentally, the Blue Dogs are the ones holding up healthcare reform. I’m sure there’s no relationship.
23Jul2009 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
