Mitt Romney laughingly recalls his dad closing a car plant in Michigan and consolidating production in Wisconsin.
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TPM Reader ML delves deeper into what for many of us remains utterly surreal: the Supreme Court giving the Commerce Clause attack on the health care law serious and sustained attention:
Adding to what Blumenthal, et al. are saying: I think they understate the case a bit, or at least it could be stated more forcefully and clearly, that SCOTUS would do itself and the country serious damage if it overturned the mandate.
Mitt Romney got pretzeled by Jay Leno of all people. The question: How would a President Romney address the problem of people who can’t get health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. The answer was very revealing and highlights again what a terrible predicament Romney will be in if elected. The Supreme Court will have struck down “Obamacare” by then or Romney will be pushing to repeal it. Either way, all of the chronic, systemic problems with the U.S. approach to health care delivery, including pre-existing conditions exclusions, will once again be front and center with no viable solution on the table.
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Why suggesting health care won’t matter to voters as an issue in November is wrong.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark jumps into the voting rights fight. (Hint: He’s pro-voting, not pro-suppression.)
Once the pattern is set, it’s hard to get out from under it. In his latest, Romney tells a humorous story about layoffs.
How many Republican political buzzwords about ‘Obamacare’ did Antonin Scalia use during oral arguments? Quite a few.