Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) throws a big jug of cold water on any plans for more means testing of Medicare.
Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) says she won’t be relying on US intelligence officials alone in finding answers to what the Pakistani government may have known about bin Laden’s whereabouts. She’s tempering yesterday’s remarks questioning the entire US relationship with Pakistan. But she plans on holding her own closed-door, classified hearings into the matter.
“I’m not questioning the aid. It’s just if [bin Laden] lived there for five or six years, I don’t understand them not knowing,” she told TPM. “We all know what it’s like to live in a neighborhood — and that was a big compound in city that was also home to a military academy.”
Given past history, I think we’re about ripe for the entry of a borderline unappealing retired politician to revolutionize the GOP field.
Minority Whip Hoyer (D-MD) opens the door on means-testing, says he wants to see details.
Trump says he can now understand why Ross Perot decided to drop out of the presidential race in the middle of the campaign.
After a streak of days as good as Donald Trump has had over the last two weeks, you might think he was all but elected president already — birth certificate flameout, WHCA thrashing, backlash from African-Americans and then the OBL raid. Alas, no. The Trump ‘campaign’ has officially imploded. The leader of the pack two weeks ago has dropped from first to fifth.
He’s now tied with Ron Paul.
Facebook asks the FEC to exempt its ad system from key federal campaign finance regs.
New York man puts “Bomb Making Next Driveway” sign pointing to mosque next door to his home.
Brian Beutler points out another tell in Speaker Boehner’s speech last night. He aggressively supports means-testing Medicare. That’s included in the Ryan Plan — even in the newly private insurance version of ‘Medicare’ Ryan endorses. But Boehner seems to be saying that regardless of whether you preserve the current system or not, benefits should be means-tested. Read More
Speaker Boehner and House Republicans came out of the last two weeks with some serious stumbles on the Medicare front. It’s still unclear whether the Ryan Medicare Phase-Out Plan is even still on the table. And now we see the usual tack. Respond to internal weakness by radically increasing demands. No compromises, massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
I’m very curious to see the Democrats’ and the White House’s response. The available evidence suggests that the Republican position has little support outside the base of the Republican party.