Chris Christie gives Romney what may be impossible advice to follow.
Why does the conservative rage at John Roberts run so deep? And why isn’t it going away any time soon? TPM Reader JB thinks he has the answers …
I think I understand the virulence of the reaction to Justice Roberts opinion on NFIB v. Sebelius, and the ease with which fairly implausible explanations (Roberts wanted to be liked by The New York Times!) for his upholding health care reform have been accepted by the most vocal conservatives.
Do you remember this guy? Back in 2009, 13 year Jonathan Krohn was the toast of CPAC, the annual conservative political confab in DC. He wrote a book called ‘Defining Conservatism’ and talked the conservative talk pretty well for a 13 year old. He was blurbed by and chilled with Newt and Bill Bennett.
Now he’s 17 and he’s supporting Obama.
Not quite yet. But Charlie Rangel’s primary victory last Tuesday is now looking very tenuous.
Sahil Kapur has the list of Republican governors who are already declaring they’ll refuse the Medicaid expansion offered under Obamacare.
It might make for good politics for those governors at the moment, but Jonathan Cohn has a good reminder that poor and disabled people are not the only beneficiaries of Medicaid; it’s a big boost to hospitals, too: Read More
Is the Health Care mandate the ‘biggest tax increase in history’? Just look at this chart. Just look. That is all.
Newt travels to France to speak at a rally on behalf of the MEK, a cult-like group the State Department calls a terrorist organization.
It’s a sign of the changing times that Anderson Cooper may get more grief for not coming out of the closet sooner than for being gay.
In today’s episode of The Set-Up I look at the deeply unconvincing claim that Barack Obama could have gotten single payer health care reform in 2009 if only he’d put his mind to it.