The Slaughter Solution for health care reform

Well, back to the grindstone this week and back to discussing health care reform once again. As I was driving into work this morning, NPR’s Morning Edition was discussing that this is the week when health care reform is likely to come to the floor of the House and subsequently to an up or down [...]

Senator Inhofe explains his vote for the jobs bill

There has been some interest in the jobs bill and the 13 Republican Senators who crossed the aisle and voted for the measure. The most prominent of those Republicans is probably Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, but Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma also voted for the legislation. While I am not sure I agree that the [...]

President Obama unveils health care plan

First, there was the multiple health care reform plans put forth by the different committees in Congress. Those plans were then molded, melded, and otherwise shaken down and pressed together into the plans that came out of the House and the Senate, respectively. Now that those two plans are being hashed together behind closed doors, [...]

Sarah Palin and President Obama

I guess you could say I am writing this post with my eyes wide open. I know full well that I am about to get myself into trouble with a lot of conservatives, especially those of you who are big fans of Sarah Palin. Having read Mike’s excellent and somewhat humorous article about Palin and [...]

Bipartisan health care reform talks

On February 25, President Obama has scheduled a discussion on health care reform to take place at the White House and has invited Democrats and Republicans alike, as well as health care experts, to come to the meeting and talk about their proposals to overhaul our health care system. His stated purpose for the televised [...]

President Obama and a Republican majority

As I was doing some of my daily reading and browsing through different blogs and news stories, I was suddenly struck with a thought. Correct me if I am wrong, but when President Obama was voted into office, he had something that a lot of sitting President’s have only been able to dream of. A [...]

President Obama to propose spending freeze

It has been a year since the United States of America swore in it’s first African-America President, in the body of Barack Obama. As is customary for a sitting President, he is scheduled to give his annual State of the Union speech on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 and in it, he is expected to offer [...]

Voter turnout the key in Massachusetts

I suppose it should be a given in any election, but the US Senate race in Massachusetts is even more telling. Voter turnout is going to be the key to whomever wins the election on January 20. It’s been said over and over already, but there really is no way Scott Brown should be leading [...]

Republican attorneys general threaten lawsuit against health care reform

In the every changing, mixed up world of health care reform and politics, I seriously doubt Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson saw this one coming. For weeks, he was courted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in an effort to gain his support for the health care reform legislation the Senate Democrats were trying to pass. [...]

Governor Sanford faces impeachment hearings

Everyone should be familiar by now with South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and his infamous disappearing act in June. You know the one, where he went to Argentina to meet with his mistress and failed to put anyone in charge of the state while he was gone. He didn’t even notify most people of where [...]

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