First Read (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The liberal group Americans United for Change says it’s announcing the first wave of a multi-million-dollar ad campaign to back up the 13 House Democrats (and one Republican) who voted for the health-care bill and who have been the target of the GOP-leaning Chamber of Commerce and the 60 Plus Association. Those 13 House members: Baron Hill (IN), Brad Ellsworth (IN), Joe Donnelly (IN), Chris...
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...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The votes had barely been cast when the fundraising letters started flying. I'm mostly on the lists of progressives so the e-mails I got were celebratory. Yesterday we looked at the e-mails explaining the only two "no" votes from progressives -- Dennis Kucinich and Eric Massa-- who felt the bill didn't go far enough towards their goals: single payer. This morning's CQPolitics tried to answer...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Blanche Lincoln is between a rock and a hard place. She's a Democratic senator up for reelection in a relatively conservative state. Making it worse , In terms of trends, Arkansas was Obama's worst state, by Superman-esque leaps and bounds. The president underperformed John Kerry by six points statewide, and underperformed in every congressional district. The drops seen in Marion Berry's district,...
love, elizabethany (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday! Let's just jump right into this, shall we? The best way to get a TV show: Start a hilarious Twitter feed or a viral website that everyone laughs at . I think I'm actually excited for both of these. Another person getting their own show : Marion Berry. Oh my. Watch out, DC smokers. We have the highest arrest rate for marijuana . Don't listen to Cosmo, just try these...
Emptysuit (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
House Vote 887 – H.R.3962: On Passage Affordable Health Care for America Act Result: Passed by 5 votes Date of Vote: November 7, 2009 Roll Call Number: 887 Yes Votes (220) No Votes (215) Member Party Dist. Member Party Dist. Neil Abercrombie D HI-1 Robert B. Aderholt R AL-4 Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5 Todd Akin R MO-2 Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1 Rodney Alexander R LA-5 Michael Arcuri D NY-24 Jason Altmire...
Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A Courtesy to our Friends at KOS DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TO SLAP WOMEN BACK TO THE STONE AGE ( HR # Bill: H R 3962 ) KOS diarist LaFeminista reflects the animus the Soros-left have after the passsage of the Stupak Amendment which, nominally, will keep Obamacare from funding abortion. In truth, a Medicare type supplement insurance will be available. Anyway, to help them out, and make retribution easier,...
Bloggin on down the Rogue (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On a party line vote with one RINO in favor, the Neo-com Democrats pass PelosiCare (the House version of Obamacare). Here are the miscreants that will rob the elderly of medicare and create a death panel so they wont need medicare: From the NY Times Voted YEA Neil Abercrombie D HI-1 Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5 Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1 Michael Arcuri D NY-24 Xavier Becerra D CA-31 Howard L. Berman D CA-28...
Government Bytes (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I wrote earlier about the list of 69 Democrats who had expressed opposition to the health care bill at some point. Well, digging through the roll call vote records, I've compiled a list of people who appear to have gone back on their earlier statements. They are... Marion Berry (AR) Leonard Boswell (IA) Dennis Cardoza (CA) Chris Carney (PA) Gerry Connolly (VA) Jim Cooper (TN) Jim Costa (CA) Jerry Costello...
Decidedly Right (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Despite the best arm-twisting tactics of Nancy Pelosi and President Obama, there are still some Democrats who are not on board with the massive government takeover of health care. They are: Melissa Bean — Yes Dennis Cardoza Jim Cooper — Yes at 11 a.m. Jim Costa Lincoln Davis Betsy Markey Michael Michaud Scott Murphy Bart Stupak John Barrow Marion Berry Rick Boucher Ben Chandler Joe Donnelly...
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Democrats For Democratic Party Reform
We are Democrats of the Democratic Party, and we are joining together in seeking reform within the Democratic Party. Many of our elected representatives...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Get in the fight against statism. The life you save will be your own (and grandmas's and the kids, and Aunt Bessie .....) Subject: Vote on Healthcare Tonight Here's a list of the Democrats who are (reportedly) undecided or on the fence. Time to jam the phone lines. If they're not in your district it doesn't matter. Call 'em anyway. Call as many as you can. Someone who wants to force you to purchase...
Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Being from MA can be sort of a let down during big, national progressive battles. Whenever I see the "please contact these legislators" lists, I tend to scan through, just to catch a surprising name from some OTHER state. Well, imagine my shame when such a list appeared on DKos today : Your phone calls are ESPECIALLY important if you are represented by one of these potential holdouts: Harry...
Red State (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Don’t wait for orders from HQ, you know what to do. WHIPPING LIST 1. John Adler (D-NJ) 2. Jason Altmire (D-PA) 3. John Barrow (D-GA) 4. Marion Berry (D-AR) 5. John Boccieri (D-OH) 6. Dan Boren (D-OK) 7. Leonard Boswell (D-IA) 8. Allen Boyd (D-FL) 9. Bobby Bright (D-AL) 10. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) 11. Chris Carney (D-NJ) 12. Ben Chandler (D-KY) 13. Travis Childers (D-MS) 14. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS Note: In Virginia we have Glenn Nye in the 2nd Congressional District. Glenn Nye, III (VA-02)DC Phone: 202-225-4215 202-225-4215 Fax: 202-225-4218 Dennis Cardoza (CA-18)***DC Phone: 202-225-6131 202-225-6131 Fax: 202-225-0819 Mike Thompson (CA-01)***DC Phone: 202-225-3311 202-225-3311 Fax: 202-225-4335 Jim Costa (CA-20)***DC Phone: 202-225-3341 202-225-3341 Fax: 202-225-9308 Adam...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last night, Speaker Pelosi filed the manager's amendment--the final tweaks--to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). Here's the announcment describing the changes made in this amendment: Building on the legislation House Democrats introduced last week, this manager’s amendment includes these key improvements to the bill: providing $1 billion in new resources to states to rein...
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