Mitt Romney in 2006, in the WSJ, on universal health care in Massachusetts: 40% of the uninsured were earning enough to buy insurance but had chosen not to do so. Why? Because it is expensive, and because they know that if they become seriously ill, they will get free or subsidized treatment at the hospital. By law, emergency care cannot… Read more »
Here’s video of Vice President Joe Biden dropping the f-bomb during this morning’s ObamaCare signing ceremony, reminding the Big Guy that “this is a big f***ing deal.” Someone really needs to familiarize Joe Biden with the concept of microphones. Don’t you love the strained smile on Obama’s face immediately after Biden says it? It’s a smile that says: “Joe, you… Read more »
Here’s a look at how various newspapers headlined last night’s passage of health-care reform. The New York Times first; others after the jump.
Harkening back to my point that “none of the political leaders in Washington hold, or care about, the moral high ground when it comes to…procedural arguments,” and “they’re all hypocrites with respect to such arguments,” here’s a bit of perspective about the current “deem-and-pass” kerfuffle: In the last Congress that Republicans controlled, from 2005 to 2006, Rules Committee Chairman David… Read more »
None of the political leaders in Washington hold, or care about, the moral high ground when it comes to these sorts of procedural arguments. NONE OF THEM. They’re all hypocrites with respect to such arguments. ALL OF THEM. The majority always likes majoritarian procedures; the minority always hates them. The minority always likes procedures that preserve minority power; the majority… Read more »
Remember what I said about how I love and hate Drudge? This is a classic example: Heh. (Here’s the story he’s linking.) UPDATE: As is being pointed out in comments, this bit of hyperbole isn’t even accurate on its own terms. The so-called “nuclear option” is the elimination of the filibuster (at least for certain purposes, like judicial nominations), not… Read more »
I made the mistake of watching too many people talk about the bipartisan health care this week and it put me in a foul mood. So I decided to run this column that I wrote awhile ago, and had initially thought, “Nah, too bitter.” If you don’t like it, blame the parade of talking heads claiming, “It’s a trap,” after… Read more »
C-SPAN gets psyched for Thursday’s health-care summit: Heh. (Hat tip: Sully.)
My liberal readers will already agree with what I’m about to quote, and my conservative readers will immediately dismiss it because the link goes to nytimes.com, so I don’t know why I bother — but for what it’s worth: Just look at the outside evaluations of the stimulus. Perhaps the best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers… Read more »
This is priceless. Tamyra D’Ippolito, the liberal Bloomington gadfly (and sudden right-blogosphere cause célèbre) who’s a few measly signatures away from becoming the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from Indiana — or at least from forcing the Dems to engage in some very unseemly, and perhaps widely politically damaging, hardball tactics to prevent that scenario — is posting up a… Read more »