Tammy Baldwin understands the need for health care reform; it’s personal

When I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis three years ago, the hardest part wasn’t the partial blindness, the loss of bladder control, or having to use a walker to get around; it was spending hours each day on the phone dealing with my private insurance company. As anyone with a major illness can confirm, [...]

Apparently his coverage left something to be desired?

Time for real health care reform…

The GOP’s “inconvenient truth” about the individual health insurance mandate

Yesterday I wrote about the ruling by U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson striking down the individual mandate provision of the health care reform legislation passed by Democrats and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Predictably, Republicans were quick to laud the decision, but today I thought we all could take a trip down memory [...]

Health care mandate ruled unconstitutional

Yesterday U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson struck down the individual mandate provision of the health care reform legislation passed by Democrats and signed into law by President Barack Obama. The mandate would have required Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty.

Here’s some of what Hudson wrote in his decision striking [...]

NYT Editorial and Senator Feingold

Obviously I agree with the New York Times on this one, or I wouldn’t bother re-posting it here. But the vacuous campaign being run by Mr. Ron Johnson hasn’t gone unnoticed nationally!

When it came to the actual details of governing, Senator Russ Feingold, a Democrat of Wisconsin, trounced his Republican challenger, Ron Johnson, in [...]

Do as I say, not as I do…

The list of hypocrisy and lack of understanding any real issue, seemingly shows up every time Ron Johnson speaks. Which is why RoJo has been in hiding.

Even though he has had some DOOZIES, his biggest one might be his stance on health care.

He came out early, calling the Health Insurance reform, [...]

Ron Johnson Doesn’t Want to Answer?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured GOP US Senate candidate Ron Johnson in it’s Election 2010 coverage on Saturday September 25th, 2010. The may thrust of the conversation was federal spending and what Mr. Johnson thought was a better idea for federal budgeting. But he still hasn’t defined where he thinks the meat of federal waste [...]

WI GOP AG Van Hollen Taken to Task for Anti-HCR Coordination with GOP RSLC

Think Progress has a fascinating story about WI GOP Attorney General JB Van Hollen’s coordination with the GOP’s Republican State Leadership Committee trying to coordinate a frivolous lawsuit against the Federal Government following the implementation of health care reform. [...]

Democrats Go On the Offensive on “Repeal the Bill” Candidates

IL Democratic Senatorial Candidate Alexi Giannouilas has released a web ad attacking his GOP opponent for pledging to lead the effort to repeal health care reform. [...]

Quotes worth sharing – Bruce Bartlett on David Frum Dismissal at AEI

Bruce Bartlett talks about David Frum firing at the right wing think tank American Enterprise Institute “Rigid conformity is being enforced, no dissent is allowed, and the conservative brain will slowly shrivel into dementia if it hasn’t already.” [...]