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The Choice on SCHIP

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...

Local Blogs Keep The SCHIP Pressure On

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...

Bloggingheads.tv on SCHIP

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.

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

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...

Weekend Watchdog

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....

Desperate Conservatives Descend Into Madness

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...

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