TRUF LIES

A FEISTY PRESIDENT = AN ENERGIZED BASE.

Last Friday we saw an amazing thing. We saw a glimpse of what we voted for. President Obama going head-to-head with a room full of GOP congressman. Without notes. Without a teleprompter. Answering every question thrown at him with an amazing amount of factual detail. Calling them out on their lies and "party of no" obstructionism. He showed us he's the right man right now for this job.

Since then, he's continued to do this in many appearances around the country. Yesterday he appealed to Dems to "Finish the Job On Health Care" and not take the easy way out. Today he spoke out against Birthers at the National Prayer Breakfast saying, "Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Civility is not a sign of weakness. Now I am the first to confess I am not always right. Michelle will testify to that. But surely, you can question my policies without questioning my faith. Or for that matter, my citizenship."

Could it be that he's "campaigning" so we can keep our majority this November? Will he continue these televised debates with both the GOP and the Democratic Party?

We hope so.

A twitter hashtag #questiontime and a petition has been started to support creating regular Q&A sessions with the President, similar to how they do Question Time in the British Parliament. The White House has already said they feel the spontaneity of last Friday's event would be destroyed if the Q&As were held on a regular basis. We'll see what happens... READ MORE

IS BIPARTISANSHIP A DELUSION?

Is it worth the struggle for President Obama to get a bipartisan Health Insurance Reform Bill passed? The Republicans have come out and said they will oppose any bill, one that includes a Public Option, a Co-Op, whatever. Now he has the opposition of the Blue Dogs in his own party to deal with. Since we voted President Obama into office along with a democratic majority in both the House and Senate, do the people even care about bipartisanship? At what point does the President say screw them.. let's use our majority and just push through a good Bill for the People?

Political Cartoon by Arash Banisafar

BLUE DOG BRAGS ABOUT KILLING SINGLE PAYER

Firedoglake reports today that the Blue Dog Democrats held the bill hostage in the committee for 10 days until they took the single payer option out. Yes, this is really something to brag about Mike Ross. Why don't you go back to being your true self:  a Republican who only cares about all the campaign contributions you've received from the Health Care Industry. Isn't that the REAL reason why you're stopping this?