Previously on "The Courting Right"; John "The Chief" Roberts and Tony "The Waffler" Kennedy had succeeded in moving in on "Fat" Tony Scalia's prostitution empire whilst simultaneously trying to keep Clarence "Sleepy" Thomas from burning the … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Supreme Court: Politicians, just unelected
At least, according to the American people. Bloomberg 14 March: An overwhelming majority of Americans think that the Supreme Court justices’ political views will influence how they vote on the Obama health care reform cases, a Bloomberg … [Read more...]
Hillary Chabot Rewrites Column to Favor Scott Brown
In re-reading Hillary Chabot's column on Fehrnstrom's epic Etch A Sketch gaffe, I noticed that something was amiss. It was rewritten to benefit Scott Brown. When first posted, the story was titled Elizabeth Warren Etch A Sketches Sen. … [Read more...]
I *heart* Fehrnstrom, Etch A Sketch Linked to Scott Brown
Political strategist extraordinaire Eric Fehrnstrom is the gift that keeps on giving. Fehrnstrom provided the Warren campaign with a great analogy to compare Scott Brown's relationship with the oil industry, it something that could stick in … [Read more...]
Health care update: turns out that the severability inquiry is just really, really hard
Day three of the Supreme Court health care marathon focuses on two issues: severability - i.e., what happens to the rest of the law if the Court invalidates the mandate, and Medicaid expansion - i.e., can Congress require the states to go … [Read more...]
Insurance is Commerce
Somewhat like Bob, I am skeptical that the Supreme Court will actually decide this case on the merits as opposed to a pre-determined wished-for outcome. This is unfortunate, because it really is a very interesting legal debate. I'm not so … [Read more...]
Healthcare undone by lack of public option?
Tracking the the health care debate over the past couple of days, and especially yesterday with many SCOTUS-watchers predicting doom for the health care mandate, I can't help wondering if the mandate would have survived had there been a … [Read more...]
Newest GOP delegate a Mass Dem?
Recently I have been helping the mass young dems (http://ydma.org/ JOIN US!) recruit some new members to help some of our efforts across the state. Cause of this, I am asked to reach out to registered democrats to try including them in some … [Read more...]
Rachel Maddow gives BMG a shout-out
Thanks to bean for noting the fact that our post demonstrating - for, we believe, the first time - that Mitt Romney supported the idea of a federal individual health insurance mandate in 1994 received a substantial shout-out on the Rachel … [Read more...]
Provost on Hijacked Ballot Initiatives
In a quiet battle that needs to get louder and more visible. Rep. Denise Provost (27th Somerville) is fighting for a rational ballot-initiative process. She and Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem are flanking this key field from different … [Read more...]
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