Posts in February 2010

Two days after a healthcare summit that produced no Republican converts, Obama used his weekly radio address to try to rally public support for a Democratic bid to press ahead with reform legislation, with or without bipartisan agreement. The White House said Obama would announce... [+]

Rahm Emanuel ventured to the Capitol Friday evening to hash out health care strategy with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a White House aide confirmed. The meeting comes as Democrats are searching for a way to get to the health care finish line, though neither... [+]

In an interview with blogger Mike Stark, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) appeared to say that African-Americans are worse off today because of legalized abortion, than they were compared to slavery. “It seems like humanity is very gifted at hiding from something that’s obviously true. I... [+]

There’s a place in the Wingnut universe where the rights of states to secede is still asserted, the New Deal is characterized as unconstitutional, and desegregation is considered tyranny imposed by the federal government. They’re not fans of the federal highway system or health-care legislation... [+]

Bill O’Reilly appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday with George Stephanopoulos, where the two talked about the health care crisis and the landscape for the 2012 presidential election. Stephanopoulos asked O’Reilly if, like Evan Bayh, he believes there’s room for “someone to come up the... [+]

Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month. As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous consent for a vote on a 30-day extension... [+]