by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
The Progressive Caucus and its allies are holding a press conference this afternoon to emphasize their bottom line on health care: If it doesn't have a strong public option, it does not get their vote. In fact, Progressive Caucus Chairman Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.,...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
Amid the huge media pile-on that's gradually taking down the Birther fantasy, nobody's actually bothered to point out that almost every element of their argument is based on a near-total ignorance about how U.S. citizenship works. There's nothing like moving abroad...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
Obama's opening speech set the stakes: "The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century, which makes it as important as any bilateral relationship in the world." (emphasis added) The U.S., the world's largest debtor, met this...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
"Deal" Is Announced, And Congress is "Gone 'Til September" Call it a call it a breakthrough, or call it a betrayal (and it will be called many things during the next month or so), but a deal has been made on Capitol Hill, concerning health care reform. Whether it's a...
by Bill Scher | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog
Pundits keep saying that the President is more popular than his policies, undercutting his mandate to take bold action. But on health care, the opposite is true. Last week, I noted that one W. Post reporter repeated the knee-jerk conventional wisdom, when in fact, his...
