It is unlikely that Howard Dean intended to expose one of his party’s greatest weaknesses in August 2009 when he explained why Obamacare could not include a tort reform provision that experts said could save up to $400 billion in health care costs.Speaking at a northern Virginia town hall meeting, the former Democratic presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee chairman stunned many in the nation’s capital with these unexpected words:
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George Gascón might be preparing to be a prosecutor, but he is already thinking like a politician. On Thursday, the former police chief quietly changed his party affiliation to Democrat as he prepares to run for district attorney in the liberal stronghold of San Francisco, The San Francisco Examiner has learned.
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Democrats and the media still brand Republicans as the party of the rich, and Republicans seem to believe it’s true. It’s not.
Today, we get the latest little data point: who are the richest members of Congress? Democrats.
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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, the scandal-tainted former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has apparently cut a deal with the House Ethics Committee not to air his dirty laundry in public because it could further damage the Democratic Party during a tough mid-term election.
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How could such smart people do so many stupid things? That question, or variations on it, is being asked in Washington and around the country about the Obama administration.
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White House visitor logs dumped late in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve show that Billy Tauzin, the top lobbyist for the prescription drug industry and once a favorite target of Barack Obama, visited the White House at least 11 times in Obama's first six months in office.
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Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken won his seat by 312 votes out of nearly 3 million cast, which means that if just 157 Franken voters had chosen Republican Norm Coleman instead, Franken would not be in the Senate.
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It's time to blow the whistle on two erroneous statements that opponents and proponents of the health care legislation being jammed through Congress have been making. Republicans have been saying that never before has Congress passed such an unpopular bill with such important ramifications by such a narrow majority. Barack Obama has been saying that passage of the bill will mean that the health care issue will be settled once and for all.
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