Posts tagged “Mary Landrieu”
Just Saying…
In the land of Landrieu, Lieberman, and Lincoln, is healthcare reform possible? Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Health Insurance Factoids
According to a North Carolina Institute of Medicine study (pdf): Massachusetts is not included in the study. (edited) The number of people without health insurance went up between 2007 and 2009 in 47 out of the other 49 states. The other two states showed no change. In 2009, there are 15 states in which the [...]
Rewarding Recalcitrancy?
Yesterday, Matt bemoaned Democrats’ total inability to enforce party discipline, not even on make-or-break votes on key legislation: They can enforce party discipline by stripping recalcitrant Dems of chairmanships and withholding campaign funds. It’s not just that we don’t enforce party discipline. Recalcitrant Democrats seem to believe they have something to gain from threatening to [...]
Leadership
(1) This was the overnight news from the sausage factory: In pushing to include a government-run health insurance plan in the health care bill, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, is taking a calculated gamble that the 60 members of his caucus could support the plan if it included a way for states to opt [...]
If The Queen Had A Dick, Take 2
Kevin Drum points out that, as we approach the end of the August recess, it is possible to take an optimistic view of the prospects for healthcare reform: So that’s the optimistic view: the Fox/FreedomWorks crowd has created some great political theater, but underneath it all not a lot has changed. If Democrats can just [...]