Yesterday in 100 Seconds: Sing It, Clucky

Jon Alter asks why everybody's so gunned up about reform when, really, our health care system is pretty much fine how it is.

Health care bill passes in the House Energy & Commerce Committee, 31-28.

The Washington Post has now responded to Brian Beutler's initial inquiry regarding Dana Milbank's 'Hillary should drink "Mad Bitch" beer' line in 'Mouthpiece Theater':

Says Kris Coratti, Director of Communications at the Post: "The video was a satirical piece that lampooned people of all stripes. There was a section of the video that went too far, so we have removed the piece from our website."

Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who came to political prominence in her own right after the assassination of her husband, opposition leader Benigno Aquino, has died in Manila at the age of 76.

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Sen. Baucus (D-MT) says the new deadline for a health care bill is September 15th, with or without Republican participation.

Be careful who you get into bed with, they say. World Net Daily has been the major outlet on the right carrying the 'reporting' ball for the 'birther' movement. And I'd noticed how over the last few days they started saying how whether Barack Obama was born on US soil is beside the point. Which is sort of weird since I thought that's what this whole conspiracy theory was based on. But, no, apparently there are ten other bogus reasons why President Obama may not be a "natural born" citizen of the USA and thus not actually president.

But I didn't figure they'd be getting this far so quickly. Now WND has put out a piece reporting on the latest questions about whether Obama may actually be the anti-christ.

President Obama nominates fired US Attorney Daniel Bogden to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Nevada -- the job he had before President Bush fired him shortly after the 2006 election.

Rep. Cantor (R) finds the culprits behind the GOP birther craze: liberal bloggers and Chris Matthews.

Pretending to be a couple of cranky old guys, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza riff that Hillary Clinton is a "Mad Bitch," showing that maybe there's not much pretending involved. Painful to watch on almost every level.

Lobbying firm gets busted for forging letter to congressman on other group's letterhead.

How about a program where we can turn in the old, washed-up pundits and talking heads on the cable nets for ones that spew less dangerous emissions?

Is the still bad but much better expected GDP number (1% contraction vs. 6.4% last quarter) due to the Stimulus Bill kicking into gear. That's what Josh Bivens argues.

Another detail from that Kos poll on birtherism. It turns out, less than surprisingly, than the cradle of the birther faith is in the South. Just shy of a majority of Southerners -- not just Republicans, but everyone -- believe Barack Obama was born in the United States. 47% of Southerners say Obama was born in the US; 30% aren't sure; and 23% say Obama was not born in the USA.

Share of Republicans who believe Obama was not born in the U.S.A.: 28%.

Henry Louis Gates, on his beer at the White House: "When he's not arresting you, Sergeant Crowley is a really likable guy." That and the day's other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.

Yesterday in 100 Seconds: 100 Seconds of Beer on The Wall

First major embarrassment of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's gubernatorial campaign: the Austin American-Statesman found 'keywords' on her new campaign website suggesting Gov. Rick Perry (R) might be gay.