MA Senate Seat-Dems 1, Voters 0

TFMo | January 9, 2010

This in from Frank Quaratiello at the Boston Herald:
It looks like the fix is in on national health-care reform – and it all may unfold on Beacon Hill.
At a business forum in Boston today, interim Sen. Paul Kirk predicted that Congress would pass a health-care reform bill this month.
“We want to get this resolved before [...]

Dems Bailing-Not A Good Thing

TFMo | January 6, 2010

This week, we’ve had three Democrats saying they’re out; Chris Dodd and Byron Dorgan, both Senators, announced they will not seek re-election in November. Unfortunately, we’re still stuck with them until November, and Dodd has announced that he plans on making the health care overhaul-slash-nosedive into socialism his legacy, in the memory of his [...]

Amnesty-BOHICA

TFMo | January 5, 2010

This from Christina Bellantoni at TPM:
Lawmakers who want to extend health coverage to illegal immigrants will not block the passage of the final health care reform bill so long as the White House offers a substantive promise to start pushing comprehensive immigration legislation this year.
Democrats who want a comprehensive bill that reforms immigration law but [...]

Smashing Light Bulbs

TFMo | January 4, 2010

More from the Most Transparent Administration EVAR. And no, I’m not linking. You’ll see why in a moment.
Now that both the House and Senate have passed health care reform bills, all Democrats have to do is work out a compromise between the two versions. And it appears they’re not about to let the [...]