- “A concern troll asks: "The speed with which politicians are moving to rush a 2074 page healthcare bill through Congress”
Posted on Senate Debates Historic Health Care Bill November 21, 2009 6:44 PM - “Exactly right! For shaping public discourse, the details and corrections are almost always secondary. The message here is "This will”
Posted on Accounting Firm Admits Cost Savings Left Out Of Report Prepared For AHIP Report October 13, 2009 12:12 PM - “Wow! theClever, who said: "His ego and arrogance insulted the IOC, and Chicago paid the price," obviously has a direct”
Posted on Joe Scarborough: Republicans 'Have Gone Off The Deep End' In Olympic Criticism October 6, 2009 8:37 AM - “Remember, Ensign is not only a Washington politician, but a Republican one at that. It is therefore wise to check”
Posted on Ensign: I'll Cooperate With Ethics Probe Into Help For Mistress's Husband October 5, 2009 12:04 PM - “Not that it's news, but the pick-up in the studio about the Values Voters event contains actual truth: "....we want”
Posted on Fox News Reporter ALSO Heckled At Values Voter Summit September 18, 2009 9:46 PM - “I think that overlooking the distinction between naked and covered shorting is important, and that Baker should have made it.”
Posted on Short Sellers: The Unsung Heroes of the Financial Crisis September 16, 2009 8:25 AM - “Do you think Arlen is finally, truly, and genuinely fed up with the Republic party clownshow? It's starting to look”
Posted on Specter: I Expect To Vote For Cloture On Democratic Bills, Particularly EFCA August 14, 2009 2:27 PM - “Thanks for this sensible comment. I remember all to painfully the blast of "Gore is no different from Bush" in”
Posted on Coburn Endorses Birther Bill June 22, 2009 9:43 AM - “Er...an eleventh is less than a tenth. So if the Republicans are more than decimated, that would imply they were”
Posted on Sotomayor and the Republicans May 27, 2009 9:30 AM - “Obama's team is counting on the reality that a good part of the Republican machine simply won't be able to”
Posted on Sotomayor and the Republicans May 27, 2009 9:28 AM - “Aside from the positives of accomplishment, qualifications, and the smart demographics (working class background, etc.), Sottomayor is a tactically challenging”
Posted on Flashback: Sotomayor's Confirmation Vote In 1998 May 26, 2009 10:16 AM - “There is a tinge of vindictiveness in TPM's post, to be sure...(gosh, I wonder why anyone should feel vindictive towards”
Posted on Playing Chicken With Obama May 1, 2009 4:43 PM - “Washington Post reporters Joby Warrick and Peter Finn today also wrote a long article on the phony debate about "does”
Posted on Moral Bankruptcy at the New York Times April 26, 2009 12:38 AM - “eds, thanks for the thoughtful comment. Again, I actually think the distinction between interrogation and torture is pretty clear and”
Posted on Moral Bankruptcy at the New York Times April 24, 2009 11:10 PM - “UPDATE: rewrite gets it right! The current Carl Hulse article (as of 10:44 PM EDT) is considerably changed, and I”
Posted on NYTimes still providing cover: "arcane" "obscure" reconciliation rules April 24, 2009 10:49 PM - “Thanks! That settles it ;-)”
Posted on Team Coleman Filing Appeal Today April 23, 2009 11:37 PM - “Not being a Christian myself, I tend to refrain from trying to decide what the 'real' Christian position on anything”
Posted on Moral Bankruptcy at the New York Times April 23, 2009 11:07 PM - “eds, I understand what you are claiming, and in fact I am often a supporter of 'prudence'--an approach that recognizes”
Posted on Moral Bankruptcy at the New York Times April 23, 2009 11:01 PM - “How would a Minnesota SC review and decision to reject cert raise 'due process' considerations? The 'due process' consists of”
Posted on Team Coleman Filing Appeal Today April 21, 2009 9:53 AM - “Actually, if there really are no new points, the MN Supreme Court could simply refuse to hear the appeal. Why”
Posted on Team Coleman Filing Appeal Today April 20, 2009 8:15 PM - “Dialogue? Respect? The man is obviously a socialist fascist dictator, and carcinogenic to boot!! It's truly frightening to contemplate the”
Posted on TPMDC Sunday Roundup April 19, 2009 10:16 PM - “Glalvester's point is worth considering. The analyses I have seen (sorry, can't link offhand, and no doubt the details are”
Posted on Right wing ignoring reality (LA Times Prop 13 issue) April 12, 2009 3:44 PM - “The alternative posed here, "abandon" purity or call for more purity, represents a false dichotomy. Moreover, the alternative to 'controled'”
Posted on Wanna Know Where The Purity Myth Is? Start With TPM Readers... April 10, 2009 10:09 AM - “A simple look around the world suggests that anti-progressive views on various political issues correlates closely with two things: intense”
Posted on Wanna Know Where The Purity Myth Is? Start With TPM Readers... April 10, 2009 9:59 AM - “freaktown, your call to veto instead of make signing statements sounds great, but unfortunately we've moved to a system were”
Posted on Obama Issues His First Signing Statement March 11, 2009 4:54 PM - “PS: one more detail. RS says: "people transfering property since that time do not have the property tax relief the”
Posted on Right wing ignoring reality (LA Times Prop 13 issue) March 1, 2009 9:13 PM - “RS, your point has some validity, but it is undermined by several factors (though I confess that I don't have”
Posted on Right wing ignoring reality (LA Times Prop 13 issue) March 1, 2009 9:07 PM - “What's more interesting than Starr's fact-impaired musings is the tone of the comments over at the Washington Times. As one”
Posted on TPMDC Morning Roundup February 16, 2009 9:58 AM - “I think the filibuster algebra is very different than during the last Congress. From 2006-2008, the Republicans could filibuster knowing”
Posted on Filibuster, Party of One, Your Table is Ready February 2, 2009 2:01 PM - “Thanks for providing the actual statute, Ghostrider. Yes, the jurisdictional claim by Franken sounds like a way of preventing some”
Posted on Franken Camp To Minnesota Court: Throw Out Coleman's Lousy Lawsuit January 14, 2009 9:27 AM











