But I could not even maintain that POV for the time it took to write that.

I would have preferred it if they had herded the cats on behalf of a piece of progressive legislation, but what the heck.

The Obama presidency has been saved.

Those who called me a racist in the campaign -- and that included even some family members -- only helped to drive me away from the Democratic Party.

May the fools today do the same for the Republican Party.  I know many wonderful people of that political persuasion who must be appalled, too.

I know that not every Obama supporter would have called me a racist, and I think that the fools did not represent the majority of Obama supporters.  What I do not forgive is how many within their ranks did not stand up to the fools.

Let's wait and see what the better people in the Republican Party do.  Will they do the right thing -- and show the fools among the Democrats how it's done?

Um, no.  That's on new plans - everybody will not get free preventive care.  

The president said, "this is what change looks like." He is right. At this time and in this  toxic political climate, this is what it looks like. It's neither comprehensive nor incremental. Its not single payer and lacks a public option, at least for now. But it is a major start that I did not think I would see in my lifetime. And it will get better year by year.

Kudos to the Democrats and to Nancy Pelosi most of all. They actually won a big one. The Senate will not screw this up. Biden will overrule the Parliamentarian if necessary--outside of Washington, who knows that there even is a Senate Parliamentarian?

There should be no doubt no about what the NYT and the current incarnation of the Democratic party hopes to accomplish while in power.

Nothing.

Whether we're talking about closing Gitmo or removing all 16 combat divisions from Iraq one a month starting in January (Sounds good!), this president and his supporter continue to claim credit for work not yet done. And get it!

For those who don't know the technical term for the NYT chicanery, it's called the 'assumption close'. The sales person encourages the rube to 'take mental ownership' of a shiny new box on four wheels and to ignore the fact that both the vehicle and the financing come with a heft price tag buried in the zero percent financing option eye candy.

Actual mileage may vary caveats are swept aside by sales-people promising much and delivering only the 'product' and demand for regular monthly payments, backed-up by threats of re-possession and stiff financial penalties.

The bill might be a good bill, I don't believe for a second it is, and Dems may voter for it. The NYT is trying to influence votes and why not?

But the 'assumption close' is only employed to subvert the actual decision making process. People who are informed and who have decided to purchase a product on merit find this sort of tactic offensive and condescending. It can backfire badly.

I don't think the bill will pass. I do think there's a strong undercurrent of hostility towards this cocky under-achiever, his bad grades and his big-money financial friends.

I look forward to announcing my plans to run for a second term at the opening of the Chicago Olympics. Trying to take the decision out of the hands of the IOC didn't work out so well. Course that 'done deal' Copenhagen stunt and associated speeches have gone straight down the  memory-hole.

But we're not talking about the ignorant. We're talking about folks like you, who were demonized on discussion boards, in the national media, and in the workplace by Marshall and his pals as 'racists' for daring to question the experience and judgment of an individual who, to my mind, had neither.

You'd have thought being on the receiving end of that kind of character assassination might have tempered you a bit, and made you just a little bit cautious about taking on board un-substantiated accusations of 'nig$$er' chants.

Keith O explicitly accused Brown of 'supporting violence against women', in addition to racism and homopbobia. Didn't matter if it was accurate.

She isn't going to lose two.