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GOP LIVID AS SCOTT BROWN DOES THE RIGHT THING

via rawstory.com

On one of his first major votes, Brown split with his party Monday to support a cloture motion on the $15 billion Democratic "jobs bill," defeating an attempted Republican filibuster in a final tally of 62-30.

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

WHO'S PAYING TO KILL HEALTH REFORM?

A very cool chart by Campaign for America's Future which really explains it all.

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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

FINALLY. OBAMA EXPLAINS IT IN 7 MINUTES.

Please take a few minutes of your time to watch the facts.

The only thing he doesn't mention is that government-provided Medicare for Seniors WILL NOT CHANGE. They are simply cutting the wasteful spending of Medicare Advantage, which is NOT Medicare, but private insurance (Anthem, Humana, Blue Cross) that offers SUPPLEMENTAL health care plans to your existing Medicare.

The name is part of what's causing the confusion.

SWINE FLU FOUND IN LOS ANGELES!

On the heels of the Obama/Joker poster, this street campaign seemingly goes on the offense against our favorite right wing bag of gas, Limbaugh. After comparing Obama and Pelosi to Nazis, spewing hate on a daily basis and being guilty of nothing short of inciting violence, we are certainly fans of anything that links him to the word "swine". Unlike the Obama/Joker poster, this one seems to have a more pointed message than an all out confusing one. We're guessing it is something about the viral and toxic nature of certain right-leaning commentators. Thoughts?

A SMART PRESIDENT ≠ A SMART COUNTRY

Courtesy of Bill Maher, the Huffington Post

New Rule: Just because a country elects a smart president doesn't make it a smart country. A few weeks ago I was asked by Wolf Blitzer if I thought Sarah Palin could get elected president, and I said I hope not, but I wouldn't put anything past this stupid country. It was amazing - in the minute or so between my calling America stupid and the end of the Cialis commercial, CNN was flooded with furious emails and the twits hit the fan. And you could tell that these people were really mad because they wrote entirely in CAPITAL LETTERS!!! It's how they get the blood circulating when the Cialis wears off. Worst of all, Bill O'Reilly refuted my contention that this is a stupid country by calling me a pinhead, which A) proves my point, and B) is really funny coming from a doody-face like him.

Now, the hate mail all seemed to have a running theme: that I may live in a stupid country, but they lived in the greatest country on earth, and that perhaps I should move to another country, like Somalia. Well, the joke's on them because I happen to have a summer home in Somalia... and no I can't show you an original copy of my birth certificate because Woody Harrelson spilled bong water on it.

And before I go about demonstrating how, sadly, easy it is to prove the dumbness dragging down our country, let me just say that ignorance has life and death consequences. On the eve of the Iraq War, 69% of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11. Four years later, 34% still did. Or take the health care debate we're presently having: members of Congress have recessed now so they can go home and "listen to their constituents." An urge they should resist because their constituents don't know anything. At a recent town-hall meeting in South Carolina, a man stood up and told his Congressman to "keep your government hands off my Medicare," which is kind of like driving cross country to protest highways.  more

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?