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March 11, 2010
THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Vote-counting in Iraq is a contentious process. Maliki seems to have the early lead. * A 7.2-magnitude aftershock in Chile, coinciding with President Sebastian Pinera's inauguration. * Vice President Biden leaves Israel on an uneasy note. * Getting worse slower: "The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down." * Still too high, but it's good to see a drop in initial unemployment filings. * With his eyes on the calendar, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is prepared to move ahead with financial regulatory reform next week without Republicans. * A key development to keep an eye on: "Senate Democrats said Thursday that they are inclined to add an overhaul of the nation's student loan program to the final health-care bill." * Meet 11-year-old Marcelas Owens. * Rep. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) is considering betrayal on health care reform. Sounds like his constituents might want to touch base with him. * The Holder disclosure story hardly seems worth far-right excitement. * The final vote on this was 356-65: "In an overwhelming show of bipartisan support for President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan, the House on Wednesday soundly defeated a resolution setting a timetable for withdrawal." * President Obama gives away his Nobel Prize money. * A rebuke for the RNC's outrageous fundraising tactics: "The House has voted 416-0 to ban misleading mailers designed to look like official communications from the Census Bureau of the kind that two national Republican groups recently sent out. " * The tragedy of Juanita Goggins. * I don't much care if Chief Justice John Roberts didn't like the State of the Union address. * Interesting study: having a black instructor in the sciences makes black students more likely to actually follow through and graduate from college with degrees in math or science. * Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will headline this year's Netroots Nation conference in July. * And finally, Glenn Beck and followers think you, personally, are dangerous. (This is just for fun, but the video does a great job of actually incorporating your name into the clip.) Anything to add? Consider this an open thread. —Steve Benen 5:30 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (25)Comments
What is up with Dodd? He is courting Republicans to once again get some sort of motherfucking inbred bi-partisan pig of a bill. They predictably shit in the stew and leave the party. He soldiers on alone. But leaves all the shit in the stew! What the hell is wrong with him? There will be no bi-partisan bill. They don't want reform. How many ways do they have to spell it out? Posted by: SW on March 11, 2010 at 5:34 PM | PERMALINKYeah I don't much care about Justice Roberts either...he's a whiner. He personally railroads the court into a bad decision and then whines when PEOPLE not corporations make comments on it. BOO HOO WHINER. Posted by: SYSPROG on March 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM | PERMALINKThat kid, Marcelas, has more balls than any single Rethug in Congress. His news conference should be the first story on every news program tonight. Unfortunately, if FOX does air the news conference, it'll probably be portrayed as an attempt to defend ACORN.....they have no shame. Posted by: fred on March 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM | PERMALINKThe US Government wags their fingers and looks the other way when an apartheid regime violates international law. again. poor Joe Biden, forced to be bitchslapped by Bibi. again. the more things change... Posted by: some guy on March 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM | PERMALINKHas Michelle Malkin stalked the kid yet and peeked in his windows to see what sort of countertops are in his kitchen? Posted by: Realist on March 11, 2010 at 6:33 PM | PERMALINKOT, I just read that Harry Reid's wife and daughter were involved in an auto accident in DC. Although the injuries were described as not "life threatening," his wife Landra did suffer a broken back and neck. Sounds serious to me. While I'm not a fan (at all) of Harry Reid, my thoughts go out to him and his family and I hope it's not as bad as it sounds. Posted by: bdop4 on March 11, 2010 at 6:48 PM | PERMALINK* A key development to keep an eye on: "Senate Democrats said Thursday that they are inclined to add an overhaul of the nation's student loan program to the final health-care bill." Would be nice if they were to get rid of the middlemen/brokers in both instances... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What? None to ACORN??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They liked the tactics just fine, until it dawned on them that their base was just dumb enough to actually think that they'd already filled a Census and pitch the real one into the trash bin. The fewer of them counted, the more likely the Congresscritters would be out of the job and/or their district out of federal funds...
As a side-bar topic, Roberts got schooled by Kucinich today on DemNow! Kucinich was polite, but exposed Robert's small minded pettiness well. Posted by: H.Finn on March 11, 2010 at 7:06 PM | PERMALINKKudos to our President. And why do I have to have this piece of blond beef jerky with the bad hair job staring at me while I am trying to read Steve? Coulter is like biting into a nicely frosted bit of cake and hitting kimchee. Posted by: * on March 11, 2010 at 7:09 PM | PERMALINK* Getting worse slower: "The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down." * Still too high, but it's good to see a drop in initial unemployment filings. thank you for phrasing these two items more realistically. this was our take on the two items also. Posted by: thanks for better phrasing on March 11, 2010 at 7:23 PM | PERMALINK* President Obama gives away his Nobel Prize money. how much $$$$$$$$$$ did he donate to charity ??? $1.4 Million !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Big Buxx on March 11, 2010 at 7:25 PM | PERMALINKObama's $1.4 million went to: Interesting choices, and interesting decisions about amounts. Posted by: N.Wells on March 11, 2010 at 7:42 PM | PERMALINKJohn Roberts is nothing but a punk. Posted by: Roddy McCorley on March 11, 2010 at 7:50 PM | PERMALINKI am miffed with Lawrence O'Donnells' focus (obsession) on highlighting that there has been no precedent for what is going on with regard to the Parliamentary Procedure and the HCR Bill. Today (filling for Olbermann) he grilled Ezra Klein on this and Ezra Klein I might add handled it with class, adding that while he was stumped on that query, what goes on with the House and the Senate is an ever evolving process. And yet O'Donnell comes in with his final opinionated comment (jab), saying he tends to bet against new precedents happening How does that sort of cynical somewhat arrogant commenting help this bill move forward? He said it all with glee, like he can't wait to win that bet...to be right. Makes me uneasy to see commentators care more about being right than the larger value of holding out hope. It's a choice they make each and every time they're on air. O'Donnel has done this cynical speculating on Olbermanns' show several times now...and something about it just doesn't smell right to me. For starters, it's just un-necessary. And the truth is this whole situation IS different, and we've had so many curve balls and it's been a bizarre year all around.. So we REALLY DON'T KNOW..why not leave it that? Why risk empowering Republicans and/or further alienating wavering Dems in the House??? "Interesting choices, and interesting decisions about amounts"
(Imagine the cable news threads if it were not) Posted by: H.Finn on March 11, 2010 at 8:42 PM | PERMALINK"the House on Wednesday soundly defeated a resolution setting a timetable for withdrawal" Except wasn't it a timetable of, like, the end of the year? It didn't really seem like this resolution was designed to succeed. Posted by: mcc on March 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM | PERMALINKIs Chief Justice John Roberts going to pick up his ball and go home? (We, the Supreme Court, may not attend the State of the Union address!) What disrespect of democracy. Does he only respect the power of corporations? Posted by: Doug on March 11, 2010 at 9:30 PM | PERMALINKForeclosures - REM the commercial RE market, I thought that foreclosure problem hadn't peaked yet. BTW Democrats need to make major populist hay over the wretched Republican tax unreform ideas just out by loon Paul Ryan, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee. Posted by: neil b on March 11, 2010 at 9:34 PM | PERMALINKH. Finn, @20:42, "Fair and balanced"???? With only one, ONE, out of the 10 donations ($125k, Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation) going to whites/pinks??? And, even that one has strings tied to it, because it wants to go and educate them (as if they needed it; they got their family values, don't they? What else do they need, other than guns?). Compare and contrast that to all the money being shovelled at the "others", black and brown: Phew. That was fun. I think I ought to apply for a job at Faux. So, you think Netroots Nation will get the C-Span air time CPAC got? Doubt it. Who could get it on CSPAN like CPAC was able to get their crap on? Posted by: mikefromArlington on March 11, 2010 at 10:32 PM | PERMALINKAccording to http://www.actblue.com/page/conniesaltonstall, in that last 24 hours or so, Act Blue has raised $15,000 for Bart Stupak's possible primary opponent, Connie Saltonstall (my understanding is that she has yet to collect enough signatures to file). It's not a lot, but it's not a bad start for an opponent who's not even official yet This is peanuts compared to what Stupak has raised, but it should make his sleep a little less easy: "Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will headline this year's Netroots Nation conference" But don't expect the breathless media coverage the CPAC and Nutbagger conferences got. Posted by: bob h on March 12, 2010 at 6:57 AM | PERMALINKOne of the very important things to consider in HCR is whether we should expect anyone to subsidize newer, expensive drugs (v. older, cheaper ones) that may not work that well. Look at this: Good one, exlibra! You had me going for a minute. Well, of course, Glenn Beck thinks I'm the most dangerous person in the country, so no wonder I'm so PC :-) Posted by: T-Rex on March 12, 2010 at 7:32 AM | PERMALINKAnyone know what the republicans knew about Scott Brown's harassment case a few years back, and when they knew it? Posted by: Joan on March 12, 2010 at 7:35 AM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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