Joe Lieberman was for the Medicare buy-in (TWICE!) before he was against it.
What Atrios said. Also. They never learn.
Posts Tagged: Democrats
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Nov 09
Daily Links for November 8th through November 10th
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).
- Top 50 US Craft Brewers by Sales (MAP) | Sloshspot Blog – You may have seen the map we created earlier this year using the data from 2007 sales, and we now present the updated version with figures for 2008 sales. Once again, to be very clear, the rankings are determined by sales of those breweries that fit the criteria: small, independent and traditional (see the Brewers Association definition of Craft Brewers here). This is not a list of the best beers, so you won't see your local monastery that receives 101 bottles from Heaven each year. We also included some interesting information regarding recent brewery openings and closings.
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Nov 09
Daily Links for November 4th through November 5th
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).
- Obama Celebrates Anniversary by Pushing Controversial Education Reform Program | GOOD – To qualify for the money, states must meet certain criteria. They have to show they are able to build systems to measure success; that they can design and adopt internationally recognized success standards; commit to turning around crappy schools, possibly through charters; and that they are willing to reward teachers for student performance. Wait, what?
- Facebook Chat Coming to Gtalk, Jabber Imminently – Once launched, Facebook will allow chat applications like Gtalk to let their users communicate with their friends, see which of their friends are online and view their profile pictures as well as set their statuses.
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Sep 09
Does the GOP have a USPS problem?
Nobody is buying, nobody is selling, nobody is reading, and nobody is sending mail. The USPS is a subsidy for business – it ‘costs’ a lot more than $0.43 to send a letter.
The only way to ’save’ the Post Office is to let it run a deficit in bad times until things get better. The GOP controls the conversation, and the Post Office and AMTRAK are their favorite punching bags. It’s only a matter of time till Republicans want to close the Post Office because FedEx and UPS are more efficient at delivering mail and won’t lose billions per year.
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Aug 09
Daily Links for August 26th through August 27th
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).
- Mike Enzi, Gang Of Six Republican, Admits He’s Simply Blocking Health Care Reform – Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate's "Gang of Six," told a Wyoming town hall crowd that he had no plans to compromise with Democrats and was merely trying to extract concessions.
"It's not where I get them to compromise, it's what I get them to leave out," Enzi said Monday, according to the Billings Gazette.
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May 09
Daily Links for May 24th
- Firedoglake » The Reaganites Self-Inflicted Recession – The reality is that the Reagan Democrats revolted against the very system that had protected and fostered them, and in two directions. The metro map here shows one direction: the raw slagging of unemployment in the Upper Mid-West, Coastal areas, and the Atlantic Coast south is clear. The other direction is seen, ironically, in a long belt of low unemployment that runs along the Great Plains. How is low unemployment a problem? In itself, it is not. However, these are areas where it is virtually impossible to be unemployed; and so rather than stay and remain unemployed (there being no government programs to keep them there) young people pour out of these empty stretches, which include parts of the North-East such as rural Maine. This youth drain is a deep political and social issue in these areas.
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Mar 09
Daily Links for March 8th
- The Washington Monthly: Please Go Galt! – I am puzzled by one thing, however: the fact that none of the people who advocate "going Galt" seem to have actually done it. I'm not clear whether the point of "going Galt" is to stop doing creative or productive work, as Rand's novel would suggest, or trying to lower one's income, as many of the people quoted in stories about "going Galt" claim. But as best I can tell, the people advocating this are doing neither.
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Oct 08
Daily Links for October 1st
- Pennsylvania: Where the Collar Counties Are the Big Dogs | Newgeography.com – Not surprisingly, the Obama campaign hopes to paint John McCain as a right-wing clone of President Bush. If he is successful, then McCain will likely lose the collar counties, and with them Pennsylvania. In a best case scenario for the Democrats, 2008 could mirror Governor Rendell’s 2002 triumph where wins in the collar counties and Philadelphia make up for losses elsewhere in the state.
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Jun 08
You Made Your Bed, That’s Where You Lie [Update]
Update: As expected, the Democrats caved, including local Representatives Pat Murphy and Joe Sestak. The roll call in the House can be found here, and the Senates tally forthcoming.
In the spring of 1987, the year of the 200th anniversary of the first Constitutional Convention, President Ronald Reagan began calling for another. Reagan had been frustrated by Congress’ failure to brovide him with a Balanced Budget Ammendment. Reagan’s solution was to call for a new Constitutional Convention, as described (but never tested) in Article V of the Constitution, where each state would get delegates to propose a balanced budget ammendment, and then pass it on to the individual state legislatures for approval. Reagan succeeded in getting agreement from 32 of the required 2/3 of the States, but was eventually blocked by an unlikely coalition of Constitutional defenders, fearful of the seismic changes [pdf] regarding preemptive federalism and the erosion of states’ rights.
