Tennessee’s lieutenant governor told a conservative group today that he’s got his doubts on Obama’s citizenship, too, but that birtherism isn’t going to win the Republican Party any elections (via Nashville Post).
A key moment. And likely a key fissure point within the current Israeli government.
Former Chief of Staff, Prime Minister and now Defense Minister Ehud Barak says that if there is no peace agreement with the Palestinians Israel must become either a bi-national state or an “apartheid” state.
For and against, groups that were spending big money on advertising on health care reform have shut off the spigot and moved on to other issues. It tells you where the power players think this is going.
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Dems consider Baucus offer to make a disaster out of Jobs Bill too.
The White House confirms that it complained to Reuters about the “stealth” middle class tax story that the wire agency subsequently withdrew last night citing “significant errors of fact.”
Who would have thought that if you sent your money to motivational speaker-cum-investment guru James Catledge to invest in sure thing property in the Dominican Republic that you’d be pouring money into a Ponzi Scheme?
A Chief of Staff for a House Dem chimes in on our discussion of legislation and politics — and using the power of the Speakership …
Absolutely. There have been tons of opportunities to force Republicans to take hard votes and make difficult choices. When you hold the majority in the House, you set the agenda and you control everything. We just haven’t been good about using that to our advantage.
It’s not just us being in the majority, either. Republicans continue to make very effective use of Motions to Recommit to force Dems into tough votes, regularly cleaving the Caucus. It’s a tool they use very well. When we were in the minority? We’d offer policy positions or substitute legislation that they could easily vote against. Very rarely did we offer anything that was a tough vote for their marginal Members.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s reelection chances are in a world of hurt: She trails her likely Republican opponent by 23 points in a new survey by Public Policy Polling.