MoveOn.org has a celebrity (a celebrity!) pitching you on a progressive cause. In this case, it’s Heather Graham, who without a single word–but plenty of yoga–makes the case for a government run health care plan:
MoveOn is taking an interesting…
The boogie man known as the public option is actually more like a conflicted ghost that doesn’t really know why it’s still around. While fear mongerers talk of government-run insurance, the truth seems to be that Obama will ultimately push…
Tonight, President Obama will focus on a ‘game changer’ in the healthcare debate. In a speech to a strangely fractious joint session of Congress, he will have more than a mountain to climb as Blue Dogs, Liberal Nannys, Obstructionist…
You only need to be 25 years old to be a member of the House of Representatives. Yet, Millennials and even a generation earlier hold hardly any representation in the current Congress. Thus, our voice isn’t being heard as loudly…
As Congress begins to trickle back into Washington, the healthcare debate will once again reignite. This time, hopefully, things get serious. As I have written passionately before, this issue has been torn at the seams for all the wrong reasons…
Americans feel like they’ve been stung like a bee hidden in the ground; they feel the pain but they have no idea where it just came from. That’s what most Americans seem to feel about healthcare too. They know the…
Now before everyone on the different political divides either claps or sighs, let me present the facts as researched by Mr. David Goldhill over at Atlantic Monthly. The undeniable conclusion Goldhill comes to is that, “while you may think your…
I buy the Obama Administration’s argument that healthcare reform is essential stimulus for the economy. Part of that is found in a provision first introduced by House Republicans and championed by a wide, “bipartisan” (you all know how I just…
The blogosphere is buzzing over rumors that the Obama Administration may ultimately “go-it-alone” on healthcare reform. A recent Rasmussen poll actually finds that support for reform drops significantly without a public option in the plan. 57% of Americans do not…
Let there be no illusions: Max Baucus is a Western Democrat. While not monolithic, Western Democrats are known for their firebrand pragmatism and “get er’ done” mentality. Thus, for instance, Baucus is pro-choice but is also a Democrat that…
