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On “Fringe” Health Care Protests

August 5, 2009 – 10:29 pm

The Democratic National Committee has apparently decided to take them on. Unfortunately for the DNC, Amanda Carey decided to take the DNC on.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Amanda Carey, Democrats, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Marc Ambinder, protests | Comments

Barack Obama Is Not The Messiah. He’s Just Another Politician.

August 1, 2009 – 2:17 am

Film at eleven.

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

Why Did Google Ban a Senator’s Website?

August 1, 2009 – 12:59 am

Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, never one to avoid the spotlight, is smack in the middle of it at the moment — but not for any good reasons. It’s never a good week when your campaign site ends up getting banned by Google.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged 2010, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, KBH, NRSC, Rick Perry, Texas Governor | Comments

In Praise Of Paul Ryan

July 31, 2009 – 5:42 pm

Michael Moynihan sings from the hymnbook, and I concur.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged health care, Paul Ryan, Wonkishness | Comments

Censorship In The House

July 23, 2009 – 12:51 pm

If a Congressional mailing on a policy matter is inaccurate, I am sure that in this day and age of 24/7/365 news, with television, radio, mainstream outlets on the Internet, and blogs, the inaccuracies will be quickly reported and disseminated to the public. The dissemination and reporting may not be perfect, but it will likely be quite impressive.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Censorship, Congress, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, Franking, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Higher Taxes, Obama Administration, tax policy, taxes | Comments

It Is Way Too Early To Handicap 2012 . . .

July 20, 2009 – 4:37 pm

But it is not too early to note that Barack Obama is not the exceptionally popular politician so many people make him out to be:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged 2010, 2012, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Mitt Romney, Obama Administration, Politics, Sarah Palin | Comments

Obama Neck and Neck with Romney and Palin in New 2012 Poll

July 20, 2009 – 10:32 am

Both former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and outgoing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin have a shot at beating Obama in the next Presidential election in a new poll from Rasmussen.

By Brad Jackson | Posted in Blogs, The Whip | Also tagged 2012, Barack Obama, Democrats, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin | Comments

So Much For Debate In The House

July 17, 2009 – 3:28 pm

Recall that in the 2006 elections–and yes, I know I have mentioned this before, but it is worth emphasizing–Democrats promised that they would not be nearly as tyrannical towards Republicans as Republicans supposedly were when the GOP was in the majority.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, The Undemocratic House | Comments

Jeff Sessions: More Reality-Based Than Patrick Leahy

July 15, 2009 – 3:28 pm

To wit:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, Jeff Sessions, Law, Patrick Leahy, Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, The Judicial Confirmation Wars | Comments

So Much For “Bipartisanship”

July 15, 2009 – 3:23 pm

Congressional Democrats and the White House are excited over the fact that House Democrats have come up with a plan to provide health care that would cost $1.5 trillion over ten years, and would be financed by “a surtax of 5.4 percent on couples with more than $1 million in income,” with “additional taxes on households with more than $350,000 a year in income and calls for further increases if the measure doesn’t hit a target for cost savings.”

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, Faux Bipartisanship, Glenn Reynolds, health care, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama Administration, Pete Singer, Rationing, tax policy, taxes | Comments

Agreeing With Paul Krugman

July 10, 2009 – 3:06 pm

Yeah, doesn’t it suck when people compare politicians to Hitler and Nazis?

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Democrats, George W. Bush, Godwin's Law, Paul Krugman, Politics | Comments

Health Care Reform Follies

July 9, 2009 – 2:33 pm

Jonathan Cohn appears to be upset that the political establishment has skipped the crucial step of figuring out how to pay for health care reform, before actually working to enact reforms in the first place. I completely sympathize. It’s like putting on one’s shoes before putting on one’s socks. How very annoying!

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, budget, Congress, Democrats, economy, Fiscal Policy, Harry Reid, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Obama Administration, Steve Benen | Comments

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