Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
I guess I've been too busy hearing about "Sino-American" tweet-spert Chuck Todd's analysis of asian diplomacy to make note of the real achievements of America's greatest diplomats, right-wing Christian Congress-creeps : Jeff Sharlet, author of “The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power,” reported on NPR’s “Fresh Air” that it was a Family...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Bee Sports Editor/Opinion Russell is a washout, but the biggest ever? It's time to admit what we've all been saying under our breath for months. JaMarcus Russell is officially an NFL draft bust. The success of the quarterback Bruce Gradkowski in the Raiders' 20-17 victory over the Bengals solidified the fact that Russell should not return to the field in an Oakland uniform. The bigger question is...
This Week With Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Look, whether you are for single payer, the public option, moderate changes in the health care legislation, everyone on here knows how Rahm Emanuel operates. I am not mad at him, he is who he is. A moderate, corporatist democrat. He was successful in bringing in massive Democrats like, Heath Shuler, to our party. He is a blue dog, so be it.But saying, "Just give us anything and we will
Facing South (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
MON 11/16 | The Blue Dog Democrat from North Carolina delivers statements on health reform that sound a lot like those made by the arch-conservative from South Carolina. As it turns out, Shuler's record of enjoying generous campaign contributions from the health industry also resembles Wilson's.
fivethirtyeight (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
-- Recruitment efforts are becoming seriously problematic for the Democrats. Take North Carolina, for instance, where former State Senator Cal Cunningham now says he won't run to challenge Richard Burr , the latest in a long succession of Democrats to do so. Democrats still have a reasonably decent candidate in Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, but this a big step down from Roy Cooper or possibly...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
IT DOES SEEM THAT WAY: Dual roles as athlete, businessman present tough balancing act for Heath Shuler. Oh, and also that role as “Member Of Congress.”
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
As Marcy says, looks like PhRMA went into a bit of a panic after my dustup with Anna Eshoo . They decided to hand 42 members of Congress scripts to insert into the Congressional Record. The NYTimes article says there was one script for Republicans, and another for Democrats. Just so nobody had to tempt fate and rely on original thinking. Evidently they thought the GOP script was more appropriate to...
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Democrats Applauding Democrats Who Voted NO on "GangsterCare"
Looks like Shuler is a hero to some Democrats for his vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlEcteZU1Q
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
As the NYT reported earlier today, Genentech/Roche wrote a Republican script and a Democratic script for its parrots to enter into the Congressional Record. Here's what the Republican script looks like (I'm going to try to do the Democratic one next--but this is tedious stuff; and yes, Heath Shuler was working from the Republican script). "I oppose this bill but love the appropriate balance it...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
This sort of thing an actual journalist would have flagged as dubious, but not Rachel Maddow. On her MSNBC show this past Monday, Maddow and guest Jeff Sharlet, an author and contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, were talking about the so-called Stupak amendment in the House health bill to prevent weakening of the ban on federal funding of abortion. Here's how the revelant portion of the conversation...
Thunder Pig (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Congressman Heath Shuler spoke to Students, Faculty and Staff at Western Carolina University yesterday and I broadcast it live in the Internet. I also recorded it, and here is a YouTube playlist of the event. I've noticed that Congressman Shuler has been making the rounds, giving interviews to friendly media-types and showing up at events which promise to be overwhelmingly attended by members of his...
Red State (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Looking at the Cook Political Report’s latest competitive race chart is in itself informative - the short version is that of the top 108 competitive races, the following ratios apply: Dem GOP Likely D 45 0 Leans D 23 1 Toss-up D 12 0 Toss-up R 0 3 Leans R 1 8 Likely R 0 15 Total 81 27 …but there’s some interesting things that can be seen with a little sorting. Below is a chart of...
Right Angles (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-NC, and TVA officials earlier had told The Tennessean newspaper that there’d been no contact between the two about a water-access problem, but a new TVA report says that, though there was nothing wrong with contact as long as pressure was not exerted, Shuler did, indeed contact the TVA about the [...]
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
HMM: TVA Report Contradicts Rep. Heath Shuler.
Thunder Pig (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Congressman Heath Shuler will be addressing students and faculty at Western Carolina University this afternoon at 2pm. I'll have a live-stream of it here, and will be tweeting on it using the #nc11news hastag on twitter.
Thunder Pig (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Here is the Veterans day parade and the first two parts of the activities that took place after at the Town Gazebo, I'll try to have the rest up tomorrow. Veterans Day Parade Part One Part Two I'll be at an event that will be featuring Congressman Heath Shuler this afternoon, and I'll be recording that, and may broadcast it live around 2 pm today from Western Carolina University...so stand by, or...
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