Josh Marshall on "kill the bill" and "burn it down": ...there seems to be a clear correlation...
Category - Healthcare
Here's an Idea
Tim F. at Balloon Juice has an interesting solution: I say pass the Liebermanized bill and let the...
Or… Kill the Bill
And watch as a family of four earning $54,000 a year will pay up to $10,000 more in annual...
The Big Difference
Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein both touched on this, but I wanted to add my two cents here...
Lieberman Wins
Flawless victory. Senate Democrats emerged from a special caucus meeting Monday night determined to...
'Get it done?'
Ryan Grim reports that Rahm Emanuel personally visited Reid's office and urged him to cut a deal...
Joe Lieberman? Meet Joe Lieberman.
Via Ezra Klein, here's Joe Lieberman praising the virtues of allowing people to buy into Medicare...
Lieberman Loves Jujyfruits
Matt Yglesias nails the "double-crossing" Lieberman: The leverage that Lieberman and other...
Very Serious Reporting
The screamer Politico headline: White House to Harry Reid: Cut deal with Joe Lieberman And nowhere...
Harkin Revisits Nuclear Option
Years ago, Tom Harkin came up with a reasonable solution for killing the filibuster -- a gradual...
Not Good Enough
New poll: More than 80 percent of Democrats say they believe Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn) should...
Manhattan Project
Here's a wild card for passing the healthcare reform bill. But to support it, we have to choose...
The Gang of Dicks
Okay, so the Gang of Dicks, Presidents Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson, won't support the Medicare Buy...
Intolerable
Prepare to lose your shit. Two key senators criticized the most recent healthcare compromise...
These Are The Stakes
Gingrich doesn't mince words: GINGRICH: If the left manages to drive through a bill which is...
Cap This
This is just a remarkably bad idea. Harry Reid wants to continue capping annual insurance benefits...
Walk away, Mr. President.
Okay, so enough is enough. The White House has to walk away from the PhRMA deal. Apparently, the...
Public Option Inventor Likes the Medicare Buy-in
Jacob Hacker, the Yale political science professor who devised the idea of the public option...
Irritant Talks About Irritant
Joe Lieberman: "I've told them that I can't support a trigger--no, actually, to be more explicit:...
Cool
Brian Beutler reports: Today, Democrats will unveil the above poster board--taken from Senate...