Betsy McCaughey, the woman whose falsehood-ridden articles on health care reform played a key roll in killing reform in 1994, hails that Florida court decision on the health care bill as “a victory for the cause of freedom and limited government.”
Behold the terrifying reality of the new Sarah Palin reality show. See the video preview here. “I’d rather be doing this than in some stuffy old political office. I’d rather be out here bein’ free,” proclaims former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in between footage of her snowshoeing, four wheeling, fishing and watching two grizzly bear cubs fight.
Brian Beutler takes a close look at the business background of Ron Johnson, the guy who’s looking pretty likely to succeed Russ Feingold in the Senate.
It’s looking like the brouhaha over that ‘hicky’ ad may have helped turn the tide against the GOP in West Virginia. Read More
More on yesterday’s potentially big-deal court ruling on the constitutionality of the health care reform law.
Watch as Fox News takes a false alarm and its own “scoop” and breathlessly turns them into evidence of an imminent threat of a terrorist attack — all in the span of 5 minutes.
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As you know, at our TPMPolltracker site we have a database of basically every political and most issue opinion polls in the country, along with trend graphs for every contest. But as we come down to the wire, we’re rolling out a temporary ‘Today’s Top Polls’ feature you’ll see every day at the top of the Editor’s Blog. The number of polls will likely expand as we get to election day. And the approach is pretty straightforward. The editors will be choosing what we see as the most important half dozen or so polls each day, and often changing through the day. In general, I’ll be looking for the close races where we get new results, especially if they suggest a new trend.
Click on the red ‘race id’ tag to go to the full poll data set and graph for that particular race — “Washington Senate”, etc.
Let us know if you think we’ve missed a particularly important poll. And of course, hit TPMPolltracker to see every last freaking poll released up to the hour, if you’re that hardcore.
State insurance commissioners crack down on insurance companies who say they’re going to stop offering kids-only insurance policies in response to the new regulations included in Health Care Reform law.
Want a heads up on what’s coming down the pike on the voter suppression front for November 2nd.
Our Ryan J. Reilly looks at the “voter integrity” seminars the Republican National Lawyers Association is holding around the country.