by Terrance Heath | Oct 17, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Retirement Security, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Remember in 2009, when Jim DeMint said health care reform would be President Obama's Waterloo? Four years later, defunding health care reform became the GOP's Alamo. But Republicans aren't done damaging their party, or the rest of the country, yet. Not by a long shot....
by Terrance Heath | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Punishing the Poor In the first days of the shutdown, conservatives alternated between celebrating and downplaying the impact. RedState.com's Erick Erickson insisted Americans would barely notice the government shutdown. But the consequences of the government shutdown...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) once claimed that “80 to 85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists” and called those who worship in them “an enemy living amongst us.” He held McCarthyesque hearings into the supposed “radicalization of...
by Joshua Holland | Oct 9, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Seven days into a government shutdown, and 9 days away from a potentially catastrophic breach of the nation’s debt limit, and the question everyone is asking is: who will blink first? The White House says that it absolutely will not negotiate over a debt limit hike....
by Digby | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
There is a lot of the usual Democratic loose talk about Republicans finally being vanquished for all time and so let's stage a celebration right this very minute. Seems to be a defining feature of American liberalism to assume victory before it is secure. However,...
by Digby | Oct 7, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
This should be interesting. Greg Sargent: Senate Dems will move their own clean debt limit bill, rather than wait for the House GOP to hold its own vote on either a clean CR funding the government (which Senate Dems have already passed with broad bipartisan support)...
