Feingold stands firm in support of public health care

There’s been a lot of debate about the Obama administration’s push for real health care reform that provides coverage for all Americans, and Dr. Howard Dean, the former DNC chair, is encouraging folks to ask their Senators four questions:

Do you support a public healthcare option as part of reform?

Do you support a public [...]

Sen. Feingold gets an opponent…

…and his name is Dave Westlake.

Having visited his website and read some of the things he’s written, I’ll give Dave Westlake about as much a chance of beating Sen. Feingold in 2010 as I give Dan Sebring of beating Rep. Gwen Moore – which is to say I give him no chance at all. [...]

Sebring touts poll numbers, will still lose by 20+

In a press release issued yesterday, the Sebring for Congress campaign released the results of an “independent poll” conducted by Persistence Consulting, the results of which seemed to indicate Sebring was gaining ground against incumbent Rep. Gwen Moore: First polls show Gwen Moore with 54% of the vote, Dan Sebring with 32% of the vote, [...]

It’s unprecedented!!!

So here’s the story: apparently some Republicans (which includes the national GOP) are all bent out of shape because ABC News is going to air a special on health care reform, arguably one of the most important issues in our nation. What really has Republicans whipped into a frenzy is revelation that as part of [...]

OpenCongress launches RaceTracker

Got a notice in my emailbox today about an interesting new project being launched by the folks at OpenCongress.org. It’s called RaceTracker, and it aims to track every little tidbit of information that’s floating around the intertubes about every congressional and gubernatorial race in every state and district. Here’s the announcement:

Hi,

Isabelle here from [...]

That’s a good question!

Scott Feldstein has a great question about the government-run health care bogeyman:

You hear a lot of Republican congresscritters claiming that “government run” health care is the worst thing that could ever happen, right? Why won’t someone in the media ask them why they are so unhappy with their own health care? After all, [...]

Lee Fisher’s revealing YouTube video

You might not know who Lee Fisher is, and trust me, I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t. In fact, until a few minutes ago, I didn’t know who Lee Fisher was. Fisher, an Ohio Democrat, ran for lieutenant governor in 2006, and during that campaign Fisher’s son filmed a documentary of the campaign. Here’s [...]

Fathers Day Gift Idea!!

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Thursday music – 06/18/09 edition

I’ve got a little bit of an 80′s theme going on this week. First up is “Sharp Dressed Man” by ZZ Top:

Next up is “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel:

And finally, here’s “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey:

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Savage: “white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America”

Take a listen as conservative radio personality Michael Savage explains how the white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America: