Day: March 26, 2015
A Vote-a-Rama Drama
Today, the Senate’s engaged in its budget vote-a-rama,
A most clamorous scene of high crimes and low drama.
They vote on amendments
Not understanding their contents,
But it still ain’t a budget ’til it’s approved by Obama.
Analysis from a Notorious Bully
This is no way to treat an ally. Conducting the foreign policy of a great nation requires maturity and a strategic sense of America’s long-term interests. This is no time for schoolyard antics.
— Jeb Bush, writing for National Review, on President Obama’s relationship with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Walker has Big Lead in Iowa
29%
Scott Walker lead in the GOP presidential race in Iowa, followed by Ben Carson at 14%, Jeb Bush at 12%, Mike Huckabee at 11%, Ted Cruz at 7%, Marco Rubio at 5%, Rand Paul at 5% and Chris Christie at 5%, according to a new InsiderAdvantage poll in Iowa.
The ‘I’m Not Ted Cruz’ Candidate
You can’t govern the country based on being angry.
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Politico, as he tries to carve out a position in opposition to the Ted Cruz wing of the GOP.
Jon Stewart Skewers Florida Republicans’ Climate-Change Denial
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- Matthew Yglesias: The “Decline” of Marriage Isn’t a Problem
- The National Memo: Saudi Money And The Moral Posturing Of Rand Paul
- Salon.com: 14 Ways Republicans Have Declared War on the Middle Class
- Media Matters: MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: “Odious” Emails Provide “A View Into The World Of Tucker Carlson”
- Think Progress: Ted Cruz Wants You To Believe He’s Legally Required To Sign Up For Obamacare. He’s Not.
- Buzzfeed: Democrats’ Loudest Attack Dog Can’t Stop Baiting Bobby Jindal
Obama: ACA Was the GOP’s Plan ‘Based on Conservative, Market-Based Principles Developed by the Heritage Foundation’
Five years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, the metrics point to success: the percentage of Americans who are uninsured has fallen dramatically, the runaway growth of healthcare costs has slowed, family budgets are more secure and, most importantly, lives are being saved. At an event on Wednesday marking the ACA’s fifth anniversary, Pres. Obama addressed these and the ACA’s other successes — and even pointed out the fundamental paradox of the GOP’s contrived opposition to it: The ACA was based on their own plan.
“[The] Affordable Care Act pretty much was their plan before I adopted it,” the president said, “based on conservative, market-based principles developed by the Heritage Foundation and supported by Republicans in Congress, and deployed by a guy named Mitt Romney in Massachusetts to great effect. If they want to take credit for this law, they can. I’m happy to share it.”