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Republicans Dissect Their Health Care Strategy

March 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Health care reform, Politics

Via Yglesias, Patrick Ruffini dissects Republicans’ failure in the battle over health care policy.
On health care, I have no idea what our basic guiding principle is. Seriously, I don’t.
We have tried ineffectively to stretch free market rhetoric to health care without appreciating that health care is already too far removed from a free market for [...]

Denver Post, Justice Dubofsky to AG Suthers: Just Let it Go

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Government, Health care reform, Politics

The Denver Post Editorial Board, which has been critical of health care reform, has called on Colorado’s Attorney General John Suthers to drop the lawsuit to repeal the individual mandate. So has former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Jean Dubofsky. Meanwhile, governors in Wisconsin and Washington have told their AGs to let it go. It’ll be [...]

Pissy GOP Cuts Senate Business Hours

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Government, Politics

UPDATE: CNN reports that Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was also blocked from working, unable in this case to conduct a hearing with a U.S. military commander flown in from Korea.
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It’s no secret that Republicans are unhappy with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But cutting the U.S. Senate’s hours of [...]

Yes We Can, with Guest Appearance by John Boehner

March 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform, Politics

I wouldn’t have thought this video could get more poignant. John Boehner proves me wrong.

Suing to Repeal the Individual Mandate

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform, Politics

On the topic of suing to repeal health care reform, Kevin Drum cuts fastest to the chase:
But here’s the thing: if the Supreme Court decided to overturn decades of precedent and strike down the mandate even though Kevin Drum says they shouldn’t (hard to imagine, I know), the insurance industry will go ballistic. If they’re [...]

Obama’s Big Talk with House Democrats

March 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform, Politics

Some campaign promises are big and rhetorical, while some campaign promises are intimate and very specific. In the first group fall the compulsory issues candidates have to weigh in on: balancing budgets, reducing crime, improving schools, etc. Today, President Obama addressed the second group of campaign promises when speaking with House Democrats in advance of [...]

Ari Armstrong Issues GOP Strong Warning Against Personhood Amendment

March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Elections, Politics

I seldom agree with Ari Armstrong, but today he has earned his blog a spot on my Colorado Voices list for his tough speech against Republican endorsements of the so-called Personhood Amendment.
Welcome, Ari, to the Colorado Progressive community!

Betsy Markey to Vote Yes on Health Care Reform

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform, Politics

Betsy Markey announced this afternoon she’ll vote yes on health care reform. Here’s an excerpt from a letter sent to supporters:
This bill will be the single largest deficit reduction bill in 27 years. It will most likely be the single largest deficit reduction measure I vote for as a Member of Congress.
That’s why I’m voting for [...]

Ed Quillen is Right to be Frustrated. Ed Quillen Should also Take Heart.

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics, Politics and media, Uncategorized

Ed Quillen laments the sad state of the caucus in Colorado, then he goes on to describe how little life has changed for him since he switched affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
Even beyond the aggravation of the campaign phone calls, though, I start to wonder why I bother to participate in Democratic politics.
After all, if [...]

The Caucus and the Case for Andrew Romanoff

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Elections, Politics

Greg Giroux at CQ Politics lays out a few of the dynamics at play today in Colorado as the campaign for Michael Bennet’s US Senate seat heats up another notch with tonight’s caucus. By all accounts, Jane Norton appears to have the early Republican nomination all but sewed up. Barring any hiccups, she’ll be the [...]

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