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Archive for November, 2009

Senate Democrats Get 60 Votes On Health Care, But It’s Not Over Yet

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 21st, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

Senator Blanche Lincoln announced this afternoon that she will vote to open debate on the Senate health care package:
Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, and she and fellow centrists are making clear they expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to scrap his current plan [...]

Ohio State 21 Michigan 10

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 21st, 2009. Filed under College Sports, OSU v. Michigan, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports

The game wasn’t nearly as close as the score makes it seem:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ohio State intercepted four passes by Michigan freshman Tate Forcier, and the OSU offense did just enough today to offer some breathing room as the Rose Bowl-bound Buckeyes gained their sixth straight victory in The Game, 21-10.
Senior safety Kurt Coleman [...]

Thanks To Bribery, Senate Democrats One Vote Short On Health Care

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 21st, 2009. Filed under Congress, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Oh wait, this is Washington, they don’t call it bribery, they call it “leverage”:
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday.
Asked outside [...]

Quote Of The Day II

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

So what if Sarah Palin didn’t write this book? Even God used earthly scribes to write the Bible
— Amazon Reviewer
No, I’m not kidding:

Judd Gregg: Audit The Fed Bill Is “Pandering To Populism”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

This does not bode well for the prospects of H.R. 1207 in the Senate:
A growing effort in the House to require periodic audits of the Federal Reserve is little more than “great PR,” one Republican senator stressed Friday.
Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Alan Grayson’s (D-Fla.) effort to subject much of the Fed’s records, communications and [...]

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Politics

The national debt belongs to both parties. But at least the Democrats don’t go on Fox News day after day proclaiming how fiscally conservative they are, and organize tea parties to rant about deficits, without ever putting forward any plan for reducing them. Nor do they pretend that they have no responsibility whatsoever for projected [...]

Jennifer Burns On Ayn Rand And The Rise Of American Libertarianism

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Books, Individual Liberty, Libertarians, Politics

Jennifer Burns, author of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, spoke to Reason.tv recently about her new book:

My review of Burns’ biography can be found here.

Anti-Bailout Palin Supporter Doesn’t Realize Palin Supported The Bailout

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

And, yes Sarah Palin did support the TARP bailout.
These people walk among us, and they vote.

Obama’s Job Approval Falls Below 50% In Gallup Poll

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

More bad poll numbers for the White House:
PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency.
Although the current decline below 50% has symbolic significance, most of the [...]

Ariana Huffington: Glenn Beck Isn’t Entitled To Freedom Of Speech

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, November 20th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Freedom of Speech, Glenn Beck, Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics
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