Just coming over the wires is the news that John Murtha has died. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in a special election in 1974, which made him the first Vietnam Veteran to do so.
I am not going to pretend that I was a huge fan of everything he did [...]
Much has been made here in the leftish portion of blogistan about this exchange between Al Franken and Joe Lieberman. I think it is worth remembering the two of them in happier times:
Actual Twitter from George Hutchins, a candidate for congress in North Carolina. The capitalization is his. All his.
GOTTA SIGN OFF THE TWITTER AND PUT IN MY NIGHTLY 6 HOURS OF FOX NEWS. SUPPORT FOX NEWS!! (ANYWAY I CAN PUT THAT IN BOLD OR FLASHING?)
He also, by the way, blames the 1964 Civil Rights Act for [...]
Steny Hoyer’s office has made available this handy-dandy internet gizmo that will answer some questions about the what effect the health care bill (called the Affordable Health Care for America Act, HR3962) will have on you. All indications are that the bill will come to a vote tomorrow.
There is also a “clearing house page” with [...]
The US House of Representatives voted for a motion to disapprove of the behavior of Joe Wilson, 240-179 with five voting present.
The Arizona delegation voted along party lines, with two exceptions: Gabrielle Giffords voted “no” and Jeff Flake voted “yes.”
I’m not happy with Giffords’s vote, although it does give her a chance to blunt the [...]
Despite the very welcome civil and substantive tone in Rep. Charles Boustany’s response to Barack Obama’s speech, he was a stark reminder of Congressional Repubicans’ charisma deficit.
I heard a tease of a profile of Aaron Schock on NPR yesterday. Since the guy is so young, we are supposed to see him as the face of a newer, cooler Republican Party.
The in the snippet I heard Schock said that, unlike someone like him, it isn’t likely that a newly elected 50 year-old [...]
Senate Republicans plan to bring some of the firefighters who Sonia Sotomayor ruled against in the Ricci case. Since they are not experts in the law or the supreme court, I’m assuming they are being brought in because Republicans want to appeal to our empathy.
A few weeks back, when some in the media were alleging that Barack Obama’s lack of Republican votes for his plan were evidence that he was going back on his promise to be “bipartisan,” I changed my Facebook status to “thinks that bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship is overrated.” This prompted a response from [...]
This from Chris Cillizza:
Specter To Switch Parties
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, according to sources informed on the decision.
Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota. (Former Sen. [...]
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