I don’t mean to suggest that I like the Republicans’ habit of making every little molehill into a mountain in their effort to score political points, but it is telling that John Ensign remains a senator even after the Justice Department has issued subpoenas to businesses in Nevada where Ensign corruptly tried to gain employment for a staffer whose wife he had been schtupping. I know the Democrats have more important, pressing matters on their hands at the moment, but I recall resignations from Eliot Spitzer and Eric Massa, and I noticed that Charlie Rangel gave up his chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee. I haven’t noticed an endless drumbeat of political speeches and columns in the liberal press calling on John Ensign to resign. We probably ought to find the time to get on that.
In other news, it’s refreshing to consider that we are currently debating the passage of a major piece of progressive legislation while seven years ago today, we were demonstrating ‘shock and awe’ to the country of Iraq. Times have changed, and substantially for the better.
What are you up to today? Watching basketball?
Going to the lab, doing some digital instrumentation experiment, coming back, finishing my lab report on beam-bending theory. So tired…lol
And then tomorrow I’m hoping to join up in a protest of the War.
Heading to the psychologist for an appointment and then buying new jeans to wear to the county Democratic Convention tomorrow. I am hoping the convention can help me get over my lack of enthusiasm for the upcoming election cycle.
If you ever see your shrink in a thong bathing suit and can no longer picture him in any other way, this is how you break up with him.
Are you kidding me? The biggest game of the year is on right now – the count down to the health care bill vote. Did you just see Rep. Engle on MSNBC talking about how the new bill changed his mind – it’s better, his fears are assuaged, and he’s now a supporter.
Seriously. This is the kind of theater you can’t buy. I’m going to be flipping between all major channels tomorrow to see who the last votes are to the table. I think they’re going to pull this off!
yeah, but Cornell and Temple are playing today.
Periodically checking to see who’s flipped to Yes. Periodically checking the basketball results; last night had some interesting upsets. With Northwestern out in the NIT, absolutely all of my alma maters are out of luck.
Doing some local history research on property that our school district has acquired, which locks up some environmentally important land.
Focus on healthcare is changing to what the further fixes to the current bill need to be in 2011, and which of them can be campaign motivators for Democratic turnout. It won’t be “ONE-SIXTH OF OUR ECONOMY” then, it will just be tinkering with existing legislation.
Curious to see how election polling goes six weeks after bill signing. I think some Senatorial races are going to look a lot different.
In some respects, this is testimony to the extent to which the public discounted the heavy media bias against Obama and this bill in any form. Which in large measure was because the folks in the media don’t have ordinary lives and face the financial issues most families are facing with regard to employment and health insurance.
Boccieri just flipped. 🙂
I’m having fun watching the unions in action. SEIU told Arcuri they won’t support him again and will run a primary or third-party challenger.
Still waiting for unions to announce what they’re going to do about Stupak. 🙂