The consequences of failure. Utter failure:
Judgment Fail
by failblog
From Josh Green:
According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells the story of his friend Stuart Borsch, with whom Massa shared a hotel room while on leave during the first Gulf War. “Stuart’s at the edge of the [...]
Tags: america·Congress·Democrats·eric massa·homosexuality·navy
Well what do you know?
The New York Times looks at the economic stimulus bill passed a year ago and notes that despite the bad publicity and political grandstanding, it actually worked.
“Perhaps the best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody’s Economy.com. They all estimate that the bill has added 1.6 million [...]
Tags: Democrats·Politics·stimulus bill
Religion and politics are a toxic blend. Who holds the moral high ground? Political policy is shaped by ideas and innovative minds. Policy is not formed by religious proselytizing and radical invention. Yet components of both major political parties– one party more than the other– uses religion and the ensuing fervor behind it, to craft [...]
Tags: Conservatives·Democrats·Hypocrisy·liberals·morality·Pro-Choice·Pro-Life·Republicans
This is exactly what I said here back in December– about the Obama administration– and Congress. Ornstein nails it:
[T]his Democratic Congress is on a path to become one of the most productive since the Great Society 89th Congress in 1965-66, and Obama already has the most legislative success of any modern president — and that [...]
Tags: andrew sullivan·Democrats·Economy·Matthew Wright·Norm Ornstein·Politics·president obama·Stimulus·washington post
Take a peek at this chart and tell me the pattern you see:
It seems that Republican presidents in the last 30 years have played a bigger role than their democratic counterparts in increasing the national debt. Why is this important? GOP arguments of “tax and spend liberals who are mortgaging our children’s future” –don’t exactly [...]
Tags: Conservatives·Democrats·Hypocrisy·Politics·President·Republicans·White House
If you’re a progressive, Scott Brown’s victory shouldn’t upset you. This should. Ta-Nehisi?
I get the optics of bipartisanship. I also get the need to show you aren’t in the pocket of liberals. As a liberal I’m fine with that–as long as it works. So if Obama needs to tell the country that Chuck Grassley [...]
Tags: Democrats·Health Care·Scott Brown
To me, there is no scenario whatsoever that changes this thorn bush into a bed of roses for Democrats. Others seem to have found some sunlight amidst the clouds:
If Brown wins, the House has to pass the Senate version. We all know how colossally stupid congressmen can be but they cannot be that colossally stupid [...]
Tags: america·Democracy·Democrats·Elections·martha coakley·Massachusetts·Republicans·Scott Brown
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