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Ted Kennedy thinks we need to address health care reform.  Bully for him.  This is how he’s going about gaining the support he needs to get it done:
"Health savings accounts €¦ may work for a few young people that are very, very, healthy," Kennedy said. "We are finding every day more and more families are [...]

Yesterday Senator Bill Frist made the motion for cloture on the Alito confirmation.  At which time, Ted Kennedy, went ballistic:
KENNEDY: …All you have to do, Mr. President, is look back into the history. Look back into the history of the judiciary. Look back to the history of the 5th Circuit, that were (sic) making the [...]

From AP:
Exxon Mobil Corp. posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year as the world€™s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations.
The company€™s earnings amounted to [...]

Apparently Cindy Sheehan is talking about running for the Senate. This wouldn’t be so precious, but she’d be running against Diane Feinstein. This makes it extra special. Ms. Sheehan announced her intentions to run IF Ms. Feinstein did not filibuster the Alito confirmation:

“I’m appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn’t recognize how dangerous Alito’s [...]

OK, here’s the headline:
Hamas Asks Nations Not to Cut Aid

One of the things they cite is that cutting financial aid would lead to the collapse of the Palestinian Authority.  Well, that’d be a shame IF they continue to encourage the violence in Palestine.  You see, The US, especially Rice, are in a bit of [...]

This has got to be the ultimate in political pandering:
Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi is famous for his ambitious promises, but he is unlikely to be called to task if he breaks his latest pledge: not to have sex before the April 9 general election.
At a party rally in Sardinia on Saturday, the media tycoon received [...]

I received this from the Alliance for Health Reform.  It explains the state of health care in the US quite well and I will be referencing a lot of what is in it in future posts regarding my opinions on
health care reform:
This issue brief, prepared by the Alliance for Health Reform with support from the [...]

A few days ago, I predicted the Dems would attempt to filibuster Alito, and it would fail badly.  Enter John Kerry:
At the beginning of the 4pm hour of CNN€™s The Situation Room, Congressional correspondent Ed Henry reported that Senator John Kerry (D – MA) is calling for an Alito filibuster. Henry says that the Senior [...]

David Bernstein over at Volokh pens on the Hamas victory in Palestine:
Meanwhile, in my view, the gloves are off. If Hamas doesn’t recognize Israel (and, more important, renounce terrorism) right away, I can’t see any reason why Israel wouldn’t be perfectly within its rights to destroy all PA government buildings, given that they are now [...]

The Gallup Poll just released these numbers:

A. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Definitelyvote for

Mightconsidervoting for

Definitely notvote for

Noopinion

Registered voters

2006 Jan 20-22

16%

32

51

1

National adults

2006 Jan 20-22

17%

33

49

1

B. Condoleezza Rice       

Definitelyvote for

Mightconsidervoting for

Definitely notvote for

Noopinion

Registered voters

2006 Jan 20-22

14%

38

46

3

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