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To turn the public against expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, conservatives tried to spread misinformation, intimidate kids and their parents, and make bizarre attempts at humor. None of it has worked. A new poll and analysis from the Kaiser...

Last week, I hoped for "More Conservative Honesty" when talking about children's health insurance. And today we got it. ThinkProgress today reports on the latest conservative attack on a SCHIP family. This time, it's the Wilkersons. Refusing to be intimidated by the...

Last night, the Frost family was interviewed on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," where they not only shared their experience having conservative bloggers try to intimidate them, but also shared pictures of what two of their kids went through after being in a...

With the vote to override Bush's veto of children's health insurance scheduled for Thursday, blogs are continuing to help hold House conservatives accountable to their constituents. Free State Politics informs Rep. Roscoe Bartlett about the latest poll numbers showing...

On Bloggingheads.tv, I joined Conn Carroll of the Hotline Blogometer to analyze, among other things, the conservative blogosphere's attack on SCHIP expansion and the Frost family. Click here to watch.

A particularly egregious Sunday as the talk shows hosts once again go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. ABC's This Week host George Stephanopoulos was happy to ask Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). But he...

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

If you thought conservatives hit rockbottom attacking a 12-year-old and his parents on children's health insurance, you failed to consider what comical depths they could still reach. Unless their website got hacked, this is an actual SCHIP press release from House...

Sen. John McCain rolled out his health care plan today, and said: Right now, too many of our citizens don't have an insurance policy at all, and those who do are afraid they will lose the one they have - afraid they will get too sick, afraid to stay home and not work...

With the children's health insurance override vote set for next week, the progressive liberal blogosphere is as fired up as I've ever seen over a domestic policy issue. Local bloggers in particular are stoking the pressure on key House members. Pharyngula tees off on...