…I recommend that he doesn’t announce it on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s attack on Poland during World War II. Just saying…
Yesterday was a truly bizarre day. Senate Finance Chairman Sen. Baucus released his health care bill, only to have Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader say that it won’t work for Nevada. That doesn’t make any sense.
Here’s Harry’s quote:
“While this draft bill is a good starting point, it needs improvement before it will work for Nevada," Reid said in a statement. "During this time of economic crisis, our state cannot afford to shoulder the second highest increase in Medicaid funding."
I’m not a Democrat, but if I were, I’d be ticked off at these guys. How could Baucus not get the Senate Majority Leader onboard before releasing his bill. I thought this bill was a priority. It’s like they are acting like they don’t want to pass a health care reform bill…
Really? It’s racist to say “Poll Hell: Obama Negs Rise”? Really Bill Maher?
Of course they aren’t knuckledragging, mouth breathers as some would like to you think. Some of the protesters are definitely crazy, but most just want to government to spend less of our money.
Charles Krauthammer has an interesting piece about Obama coming back to earth:
Let’s be clear: This is a fall, not a collapse. He’s not been repudiated or even defeated. He will likely regroup and pass some version of health insurance reform that will restore some of his clout and popularity.
But what has occurred — irreversibly — is this: He’s become ordinary. The spell is broken. The charismatic conjurer of 2008 has shed his magic. He’s regressed to the mean, tellingly expressed in poll numbers hovering at 50 percent.
For a man who only recently bred a cult, ordinariness is a great burden, and for his acolytes, a crushing disappointment. Obama has become a politician like others. And like other flailing presidents, he will try to salvage a cherished reform — and his own standing — with yet another prime-time speech.
In 1993, President Clinton made some of the same mistakes as Obama. He tried to go too much too quickly, especially on health care and by taxing energy. Obama has gone down the same path so far. But Clinton learned from his mistakes and because a very popular President. It remains to be seen with Obama can get his mojo back (then again, it also remains to be seen whether Obama has really lost it all–only time with tell).
The stimulus is “lifting the economy.” That’s why unemployment is at a 26-year high.
I root against the Redskins because I really dislike the Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Each year Snyder spends more money and the Redskins continue to be a mediocre team. It warms my heart.
Yesterday the Washington Post reported that, contrary to their state policies, the Redskins sold tickets to scalpers while not allowing regular fans to purchase tickets. That’s really classy. But Daniel Snyder isn’t a classy guy, so this isn’t a surprise.
But today’s story is worse. The Redskins sue their season ticket holder to enforce the the contract the season ticket holder signed to buy season tickets for a decade. One example of this moronic policy is the Redskins sued the 73-year-old woman pictured here.
Great job Snyder! Stay classy.