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A Note On Rahm Emanuel

January 29, 2010 – 5:51 pm

Ezra Klein believes that Rahm Emanuel is out to kill health care reform.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics, Rahm Emanuel | Comments

This was, in many ways, Obama’s malaise speech — chiding a displeased nation for setting their expectations too high, and telling us we would need to do a lot of this “change” ourselves; blasting a Supreme Court for their recent decisions on campaign restrictions Obama glided past in his own multi-million dollar campaign for the White House; wagging his finger at Republicans who, now that they have a paper-thin one vote margin to block some of the president’s plans, are apparently expected to govern as equals.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, Health Care News, Mary Landrieu, Obamacare, Scott Brown, SOTU, speechwriting | Comments

A State of the Union in Contradiction

January 28, 2010 – 7:23 am

A President calling for bipartisanship and an end to the permanent campaign gave a speech that was–in tone and in substance–a campaign speech. A President calling for unity gave a speech that practically cried out “all the bad stuff that happened was George W. Bush’s fault!”. A President calling for a renewal of national purpose spent large amounts of time playing class warfare games, and seeking to turn Americans against Wall Street. That latter activity is an easy one to engage in. But just because something is easy, does not make it right.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Banks, Barack Obama, budgets, deficits, George W. Bush, Samuel Alito, SOTU, State of the Union, Wall Street | Comments

On Shady Health Care Deals

January 27, 2010 – 4:01 pm

The President says that he wasn’t involved in making them. The record suggests otherwise.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Deals, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Politics | Comments

Alan Grayson Knows Nothing About Reconciliation, Or Senate Rules

January 25, 2010 – 12:28 am

That Massachusetts election must have been something else. Chris Matthews is laughing at Democrats now:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Chris Matthews, Democrats, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Parliamentary Procedure, Reconciliation, Senate | Comments

Once More With Feeling

January 23, 2010 – 1:47 pm

Just because Steve Benen urges Democrats to pass the Senate health care reform bill through the House, and then make changes that would please House liberals and would be subsequently pushed through the Senate via reconciliation, does not mean that Benen’s plan is a good one.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Reconciliation, Steve Benen | Comments

Paul Krugman and the Future of the Marketplace

January 22, 2010 – 1:54 am

In the wake of a stunning political result in Massachusetts, it’s time to assess the future Scott Brown dictates for the market, for the Democrats, and for the country. It’s the third week of January 2010, and here’s the latest edition of Coffee and Markets, a weekly podcast from The New Ledger on politics, policy and the marketplace with Francis Cianfrocca, brought to you by BigGovernment.com.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Coffee and Markets, Mary Landrieu, Massachusetts, Paul Krugman, Podcast, Podcasts, Scott Brown | Comments

Why Give Paul Krugman A Writing Gig At The New York Times . . .

January 22, 2010 – 1:46 am

When it is clear that he doesn’t understand politics, despite the fact that politics is part of Krugman’s beat?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Brad DeLong, Congress, Democrats, Don't Know Much About Politics, Fanboy, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Paul Krugman | Comments

Some People Just Don’t Get The Consequences Of The Scott Brown Election

January 21, 2010 – 10:26 pm

Meet, for example, Howard Dean:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Chris Matthews, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Scott Brown, Whistling Past The Graveyard | Comments

Quote Of The Day

January 21, 2010 – 5:20 pm

“I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.”

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Disillusionment, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Paul Krugman, Politics | Comments

No House Vote On The Senate Health Care Reform Bill

January 21, 2010 – 4:55 pm

So sayeth the Speaker herself.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration, Politics, Republicans, Scott Brown | Comments

I Guess We Won’t Be Hearing About “Teabagging” Anymore

January 20, 2010 – 5:25 pm

Remember all of those derisive terms that port-siders used to describe Tea Party activists–terms used as recently as last night while networks like MSNBC tracked the returns from Massachusetts, and people like Keith Olbermann became even more unhinged?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Independents, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, Politics, Republicans, Scott Brown, Senate, Special Election, Tea Party | Comments

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