Madison Weeps

New Republic | Sep. 22, 2009 (Editorial)

Our sense of alarm has been growing for some time. From the moment Barack Obama entered the White House, the Republican Party has cast itself as the Party of No. Whether it was the stimulus bill--which garnered not a single Republican vote in the House--or the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court--which only nine of 40 Senate Republicans supported--the GOP has defined itself in its opposition to Obama. But our alarm has been tempered by the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: via Memeorandum - Sep 19, 2009 - 6:05 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Barry Grossheim (review), Phil Diamond (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 22, 2009 - 9:06 AM PDT
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Sep. 24, 2009

Good on the critique of the GOP response to the Baucus bill, but fails to mention the negative Democratic response to the bill in a serious manner.

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 by Barry Grossheim - Sep. 22, 2009

Given that Republicans have no intention of supporting any health care bill it begs the question, why are Democrats not drafting a plan that has the ... More »

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