A third Democrat for Alito
Progressives are still clinging to hope that Democrats will still rise up to filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito, but the nominee just picked up the support of another Democrat: The Associated...
View ArticleMeanwhile, a word about impeachment
We've been locked into the indictment watch today, but there's always time for checking in on that other I-word. As lawmakers in Vermont and Illinois mount from-the-ground-up efforts to impeach George...
View ArticleWhat Hillary Clinton should have known
Almost four years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the war there remains the single most important issue of the campaign for the 2008 presidential election. On the Democratic side, two of the...
View ArticleHow Congress can end the war without hurting the troops
Many Americans remember the tragic deaths of U.S. troops in Somalia in the early 1990s, vividly portrayed in the movie "Blackhawk Down." Those 18 service members died in a misguided, poorly defined...
View ArticleWhy we fight?
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Robert Byrd have proposed a repeal of the 2002 resolution by which Congress authorized George W. Bush to use force in Iraq. At a Senate appropriations hearing today, Byrd...
View ArticleByrd endorses Obama
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has just announced that he's endorsing Barack Obama for president. In a statement, Byrd -- the longest-serving senator in U.S. history -- said: This Democratic primary...
View ArticleTed Kennedy suffers convulsions at luncheon
Senator Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure during the congressional luncheon honoring Barack Obama's inauguration just a few moments ago. Kennedy was at a table with Obama at the start of the...
View ArticleByrd says Obama administration grabbing too much power
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W. Va., is worried about a power grab by the Executive Branch -- not one that happened under the Bush administration, but one he believes is going on right now.On Wednesday, the...
View ArticleByrd wants healthcare bill to honor Kennedy
The statement that Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., put out about the death of Ted Kennedy's death has attracted attention mainly for his call to name healthcare reform legislation after the late senator....
View ArticleSen. Byrd falls, taken to hospital
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was taken to an area hospital after falling at his home, CNN reports. The network quotes the senator's spokesman as saying he "stood up too fast this morning and fell...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch flip-flops on individual mandate
When even Time's Mark Halperin is labeling a politician's comments "breathtaking cynicism," you know it's pretty bad. That's the case today, with comments that Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, made on CNN...
View ArticleElena Kagan’s confirmation will distract the Senate for months
Last month, Mitch McConnell more or less promised that the GOP wouldn't filibuster President Obama's Supreme Court pick. Now he promises to treat Elena Kagan "fairly." But the question isn't really...
View ArticleWednesday link dump: Orrin you glad you’re not a Utah Republican?
A Fox News producer overheard a conversation between ex-Republican Senator Arlen Specter and current Republican Senator Orrin Hatch. Arlen says Orrin "better watch out" for the Club for Growth. If...
View ArticleThe Senate’s war on the unemployed
Because they are actually Rockefeller Republicans, "Moderate" Senate Democrats both oppose spending on the unemployed and raising revenue from the wealthy.Harry Reid is attempting to get an already too...
View ArticleGOP on Kagan: Will she fight for civil rights of rich, powerful?
Yesterday, the Republican members of the Senate Judicial Committee opened the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings by, perhaps unwisely, putting Thurgood Marshall on trial. Today, they're laying off...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch defends Park51
It shouldn't be surprising that Orrin Hatch would defend the right of the Park51 organizers to build a mosque (or "mosque") on private property. The guy is one of the most prominent Mormons in the...
View ArticleSenate gets back to business of not getting business done
I know there are nutty past statements by Republican Senate nominees to sift through, but out in our nation's capital, the nuts who already won their elections are getting back to work. The first order...
View ArticleThis is just a preview of the GOP’s Tea Party hell
What's most striking about the trauma the Tea Party inflicted on the Republican establishment in the Senate primary season that ended last week is how much worse it could have been.Sure, the Tea Party...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch’s tough love for losers
Senator Orrin Hatch, frantically trying to position himself ever further to the right as he desperately attempts to ward off a Tea Party primary challenge in his home state of Utah, says Congress...
View ArticleOrrin Hatch’s guide to avoiding a Tea Party primary challenge
Orrin hatch used to be the symbol of how our American political system could, against the odds, still work for Americans. The rabidly conservative senator was proud to call the steadfastly liberal Sen....
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