Today freshmen senators Micheal Bennet (D-CO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkely (D-OR) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to Harry Reid urging him to reintroduce the not so long ago forsaken public option to the Senate; this time through the reconciliation process that requires no supermajority to end debate, but only 51 votes to [...]
John Boehner and congressional GOPs have been trying back their way out of attending Obama’s televised health care summit. Apparently they don’t want to walk into the “trap” of having to publicly put their health care “solutions” face to face with reality on national television. I mean, who could really blame them for not wanting a round two with the President, who so adeptly destroyed them on CSPAN weeks earlier?
There are two parts to politics. First there’s talking and maneuvering, posturing and positioning. Then there’s doing. Recently the Democrats seem to have found their voice again. Obama can give a speech, we all know that, and for the most part his State of the Union was spot on in saying what needed to be said. He called out Republican obstructionism, at times vented populist anger, and reiterated his commitment to the sweeping change he promised, and was elected to deliver.
I had an editorial published today in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. You can read it here.
I have an idea about what is going to happen today, and it’s making me nervous. I hope that in 24 hours, I am proved wrong and deprived of the privilige of saying, “I told you so,” but I’ll post my thoughts anyway.
Back on November 5, I penned these words:
If you want to lose the 2010 elections, then go ahead and don’t do anything meaningful with your control of government. Unexcited Obama voters and progressives will stay home on election night just like they did in Virginia and change will finally come to Washington—you will be out of power and the Republicans will be back in power…
Hi! The Roundtablet team is extremely excited about this new site of ours. We have some exciting things in the pipeline, and the rest of the team will be introducing themselves throughout the next week. But I’ll start it off–I am Alexander Hurst, founder and editor of roundtablet.com. Hopefully, by the fall this site will be much more extensive, and we will be providing valuable strategy for the Democrats, progressive candidates, and all those working on progressive causes…