At a rally Sunday night in St. Louis, a crowd of about 1,500 people urged Congressman Russ Carnahan to push for inclusion of a Public Option, even as the congressman seemed to signal flexibility in his own voting options....
Teabaggers insist they have a right to keep their private insurance plan. They don't have to explain why. They don't justify it. They say it's their right. Their choice. They want private insurance, and that's that.So let me get this...
1. A better name for the legislation:"The Health Care Improvement and Insurance Choices Act of 2009"Ditch Teddy's name because he wouldn't want his name to be used as another right-wing talking point against reform. He wasn't that vain and the...
Trivia quiz:The lost child wanted only a home and family. The metal man wanted a vulnerable heart, and the straw man a reason for being.What essence of identity was the lion stalking?Courage.It was Teddy's answer, too. In the end, the...
I loved Teddy and the Kennedy clan. Despite obvious flaws, they represent all that is good about this country and liberalism -- a love of neighbor that refuses to measure human worth by net worth, that strives for a higher...
Few addresses in American oratory have struck me as deeply as Sen. Edward Kennedy's eulogy for his brother Bobby. When he spoke of his beloved brother, he was speaking for all of us who were twice heartbroken by the assassination...
I'm following the prez's lead and taking a break for a few days to rest up for "Left Behind, Part 23: Health Care Armageddon."I've called McCaskill again today, blogged and taken out the trash. Check, check and double check.I suggest...
Where goes God when weakness stealsinto bones and blood and sinews of mortal fleshmade less than whole by time and chanceor broken steps in twisted ladders?Has the Unknowable taken leaveto care for His children only from afarwhere all-seeing eyes may...
I've gone from cheerleading for health care reform ... to angry frustration with the Right's domination of the message war ... to deep disillusion at President Obama's lack of public conviction for the Public Option ... to blaming the Left...
I didn't see anyone else from TPM at the H-CAN rally June 25th in Washington. I did see lots of union people, but turnout still wasn't over 7,000, tops.Even so, I didn't mind being selected to attend Healthcare Now!'s rally...
Don't make plans just yet for the March on Washington for Health Care. The date is in flux because of a conflict with people's schedules. Robert Reich had suggested Sept. 13 as the date of the march, but unions such...
People who failed to turn fear and loathing into winning campaign issues did not go gently into that good November night. They're back with new lies, new conspiracy theories and a desperate bid to gut the election results. Last year,...
Robert Reich has called for a march on Washington to support health care reform--specifically a public option and other reforms sought by liberals. Read Politico's live chat-in yesterday with Reich here."First step," Reich wrote in response to a question from...
"Patience," we are told, as if we were children pestering an adult for candy. As if health care reform is some petty treat easily dispensed at will. As if we actually have more time than necessary and sitting still will...
Change is hard. Ask an alcoholic or a congressman.Some otherwise good eggs here have advocated that we step back, suck our thumbs and let President Obama handle all this unpleasant bickering over health care reform. As if all we have...
What to do about the wrangling over health care reform and the president's seeming capitulation to Republican obstructionists and corporate interests?O¿O in the crowd suggested half-jokingly that Obama should channel Buford Pusser and knock a few Senate Democrats' heads. Bluebell...
Mr. President, I was happy to work my gnarled fingers to the bone for you last year: blogging, making calls and canvassing. I had to sacrifice much because I'm disabled and typing is hard for me. Everything is hard. But...
I understand the frustrations of those who are ready to become Independents. I'm pissed, too, and may drop out of Democratic politics myself. But not yet. Not today. No one who reads TPM should be surprised that Sen. Conrad has...
Here's the White House website for countering misinformation about health care reform. It's a good, well-organized, concise resource for anyone who need the facts. Please email this to everone you know and ask them to do the same.http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Reality-Check/...
Two hikers walked deep into the woods. As they hiked beneath the green shade of tall trees, one felt something squish under his step. He looked down and saw that he had stepped in a pile of bear shit. It...
