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Sons of governors
From Maureen Dowd’s column in this morning’s NYT, referring to the new governors of two of the most troubled states: “It is remarkable to watch the governors on two coasts, Brown and Andrew Cuomo, both sons of iconic liberal governors, boldly go against the grain to do what works today….
Attack!
Gotta say, I’m not a fan of 99.999% of political advertising, and one of the biggest reasons is the prevalence of what the industry calls attack ads. But this one … is … different. Maybe I’ll move to IL and vote for Quinn.
Doris Kearns Goodwin on the President’s speech this week
I said to someone today that I can’t do anything about the oil spilling into the Gulf. It can piss me off, but I can’t do anything about it. But maybe I can. Maybe I can change my own dependence on oil. Maybe now is the time to sacrifice, to…
“It’s a s—ty deal”
Sorry for the language, but, hey, I didn’t use it. (Though I have.) Some enterprising video mixers have taken part of Carl Levin’s exchange with Daniel Sparks and made it – maybe – even better. I realized today why this is all so repulsive to me. Somewhere along the way…
Is healthcare reform dead?
I think this particular go-round of healthcare legislative initiatives, yes, is dead. So much misinformation, so much anger, so many threats about government interference and everything else Boehner and McConnell and McCain say from their bully pulpits; so little effective persuasion from Pelosi and Reid and, yes, even the President;…