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Al Franken has a problem: DEAR REPUBLICANS: My boss is not my doctor. My health care choices are none of my boss’s business — and none of yours, either. Seriously — what’s wrong with you guys? Signed, Al Franken & YOUR NAME + OTHERS HERE He thinks allowing individual employers to decide how to best [...]

In the heat of a budget stand-off, President Obama had this bi-partisan spirited comment to smooth the hurt feelings and bruised egos: That’s right, the Republicans are going to take away your social security after August 3 if Obama doesn’t get what he wants. Scaring the beejeebers out of the elderly, we’ve not seen that [...]

The Republicans are pushing a measure to end TARP and return unspent funds to lower, make that, not increase, the national debt. I am betting Nancy Pelosi will not allow this subversive effort to limit her ability to spend huge amounts of money to occur.  Any takers?

This is getting confusing to me.  According to my math, the Democrats have a pretty comfortable majority in the Senate.  Currently they hold a 56-41 majority with two independents caucusing with the Dems as well.  That makes it 58-41.  Very possibly, another seat will be given to the Dems via the Minnesota courts.  In basketball, [...]

During Obama’s campaign for the White House, he preached endlessly about bipartisanship.  As with the rest of his message of “change”, people, and especially media, bought it hook, line, and sinker: You said the time has come to move beyond the bitterness and pettiness and anger that’s consumed Washington; to end the political strategy that’s [...]

The most screwed up political issue of the Bush administration will be returning I imagine very shortly for the Obama administration.  First, I want to make sure people understand where I’m coming from: The “Bush ban on stem cells” originally was passed in 1999.  Bush wasn’t president, Bill Clinton was.  This was a complete ban [...]

In her speech to rally the troops to vote for the Rescue package, Nancy Pelosi accepted no responsibility for past actions by either herself or any member of her party.  She put the entire blame on a situation that has festered for thirty years solely on Republicans.  And, then, to top it off, gave a [...]

In a move that surprised me, the bailout bill was voted down in Congress.  It was fairly close, 228-205 I think it was.  In order to get it back on track, some media are saying Pelosi expects nine Republicans to change their votes for a re-consideration.  This is how she’s motivating the Republicans: Now, slap [...]

Now, according to what I’m reading, Nancy Pelosi has agreed to consider an off-shore drilling proposal presented by Democrats.  I’m sure she’ll tout this as a major new idea and an example of the failed economic policies of Bush. However, it’s got thorns attached.  From what I’m reading, and I’ve not read the actual proposals: [...]

Apparently smarting from polls that put his Senate leadership in the single digits, Harry Reid decided to fight back starting with this letter to The Hill Blog: When our country is in crisis, Congress must be ready to take immediate action. Democrats in Congress have tried to take action again and again. We have proposed [...]