Author: BooMan

Not to Harp On It…

Chris Cillizza picks the winners and losers from yesterday’s health care summit. Among the losers is the public option: Public Option: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Md.) were...

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Casual Observation

I am not advising Obama to start saying this, but the real response to Mitch McConnell touting polls that say that the American people don’t like the health care bills is to say that it doesn’t matter because the...

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Post-Summit Wrap-Up

Well, the Republicans were quite predictably exposed as peddling a bunch of inaccurate talking points, not caring about the uninsured, not negotiating in good faith, and as generally not being serious at all about the crisis in...

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How Watching Republicans Changed My Worldview

I have to say that regardless of what happens, I’ll always be grateful to Barack Obama for attempting to get our elected officials to act like adults and take the people’s problems seriously. As he tries to iron out...

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Health Care Summit Thread

I just got back from taking little Finn to a routine check-up at the doctor’s office. He’s in the 75th percentile for weight and length. The way they marveled at his rate of growth, I almost expected him to be in the...

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