Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Capitol by scottwill (flickr) A Research 2000/Daily Kos poll released on Friday gives the most direct evidence that Democrats face major trouble in the midterm elections because their base is completely unmotivated to vote. Obama remains in positive territory at 53% approval in the poll, and both the Democratic Party and Democratic leaders outpoll their Republican counterparts....
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Washington Post: "Democrats had little time to savor their weekend Senate health-care victory, as two of the lawmakers who voted to move the debate forward Saturday night indicated Sunday that they will not vote to pass the package if it includes a government-run insurance program." "One member of the Democratic caucus, independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It's on. Steven Goldstein from Garden State Equality: "If the Democrats don't enact marriage equality now, after years of telling us to wait, wait, wait, it will cause a huge schism between the state Democratic Party and not just the gay community, but the entire progressive base," he said. " And it could change the political landscape of New Jersey permanently ." If you...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Republican contends that seniors will "die sooner." Democratic leader calls that scare tactics.
Suburban Guerrilla (Free subscription) | yesterday
If Reid doesn’t get this done, he won’t be Majority Leader for long: Talk about using budget reconciliation to pass healthcare reform in the Senate has faded from public view, but Democratic leaders continue to hang the threat over centrists in private. FYI: They’re not “centrists” – they’re corporate conservatives. Senate Majority Leader...
Suburban Guerrilla (Free subscription) | yesterday
If Reid doesn’t get this done, he won’t be Majority Leader for long: Talk about using budget reconciliation to pass healthcare reform in the Senate has faded from public view, but Democratic leaders continue to hang the threat over centrists in private. FYI: They’re not “centrists” – they’re corporate conservatives. Senate Majority Leader...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos was just on Talk-1300 AM, where he told Fred Dicker that his understanding, based on conversations with Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, that there was a three-way agreement last night which has since been broken by the governor. Skelos poked the Democratic leaders for excluding the Republicans from yesterday’s...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on healthcare reform. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who has been tapped by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to come up with a Plan B approach to the public option controversy that has divided Democrats, has been working closely with liberal and conservative Democrats,...
Naked Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
So the House Democrats have asked for a delay in the special session, slated to start Thursday, because it would step on a national conference of black legislators meeting this week. Is this the same group of Democrats who urged Nov. 5 Republicans to hurry up on rail? Yup. Press release (headline DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CALL ON REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO GET COMMUTER RAIL OPPORTUNITES...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE -- House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands, D-Weston, warned that the Legislature’s Republican leadership is verging on being “racially insensitive” for scheduling a special session on days conflicting with a national conference of black legislators...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Washington (CNN) - Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party in April handed President Obama a key vote in the Senate, and Specter was rewarded by quickly being endorsed by the president and Democratic leaders in his bid for re-election next year. But not every Democrat got in line behind Obama. In Kentucky, GOP leaders [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Tuesday that he won't vote for health care reform unless the bill contains the same sort of restrictive abortion provisions as the House legislation, adding yet another hoop Democratic leaders will need to jump through as they scramble for 60 votes. The Senate health care bill does not provide federal money for abortion, maintaining the status quo. But like...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on health care reform," reports The Hill . Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE.), "who has been tapped by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to come up with a Plan B approach to the public option controversy that has divided Democrats, has been working closely...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on health care reform," reports The Hill . Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE.) was tapped by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "to come up with a Plan B approach to the public option controversy that has divided Democrats" and "has been working...
The Buzz Florida Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rich Text Area. So the House Democrats have asked for a delay in the special session, slated to start Thursday, because it would step on a national conference of black legislators meeting this week. Is this the same group of Democrats who urged Nov. 5 Republicans to hurry up on rail? Yup. Press release (headline DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CALL ON REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO GET COMMUTER RAIL...
