This is pretty classic. A week ago GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX) was telling Chris Matthews about the glories of the House Republicans’ draft 2010 budget, filled with plans to cut and privatize Social Security and abolish Medicare. But as news began to spread this week about the draft plan prepared by chief House Republican budgeteer Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Republican leadership, especially Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) started acting like they barely knew anything about it.
That brings us up to today, when Republicans sent Rep. Hensarling to give the response to the president’s Saturday radio address. So what he say about the draft Ryan plan?
Not much. Hensarling for some reason used the whole time to talk about House Republicans’ 2009 budget. In other words, an outline plan from last year about the year that already happened and was actually panned at the time for not including any details and even including a lot of fake charts.
So what’s the deal? The House GOP is getting behind a budget which calls for partial abolition of Social Security and full abolition of Medicare. And they’re on the air talking about last year’s budget? Maybe Obama should talk about the Clinton surpluses? What’s the big need to hide what they’re actually proposing for next year?
Details are sketchy. But there was apparently a very large explosion at the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, Connecticut around 11:30 AM this morning. Local news says at least 250 people were injured, with two now confirmed dead.
If Gov. Paterson has to resign maybe we just put Spitzer back in and pretend the whole thing never happened?
Scott Lee Cohen has dropped out of the race for Lt. Governor of Illinois.
Relive some great moments from Scott Lee Cohen’s week as nominee.
Chicago crew sinking the Obama presidency? Steve Clemons makes the argument.
Harry Shearer: “With Mitch Landrieu winning Mayor and Saints winning Super Bowl, symbolism plain: NO has now ended the post-Katrina era.”
Rep. Paul Ryan, Chief House Republican budget writer, is digging in on his proposed plan to abolish Medicare and make deep cuts to Social Security.
Surprisingly, the National Tea Party convention turns out to be a frothy brew of birtherism, anti-immigrant hysteria, homophobia and Christian fundamentalism. Didn’t see that coming.
Usually when we hear about something looking to drop a ton of money to create a astroturf campaign against something like the Endangered Species Act it’s some oil company or big manufacturer. This time it’s the State of Alaska. And Rudy Giuliani wants the contract.
