Wasn't the major goal of the Oregon campaign to avoid cuts to school programs and staff?  Obviously an issue that would resonate with younger voters who'd just been there and probably had brothers and sisters still in school.

Along the same lines, the Dems had better (1) finish reforming the student loan program, and (2) let people know about it.

And your alternative would be?   

I'd like to see them pass the Senate bill with substantial improvements in a companion reconciliation bill.  What do you have to offer that's better than that?

It's just not constructive anymore.

Of course we should fight for a better bill - so long as there's time.  But it's past time to take our winnings and start defending and explaining them to a public that still doesn't know what's in the bill.

Start with: 30 million on a path to insurance, closing the donut hole, no denials for pre-existing conditions, community rating for premiums.

Of course there is more to do - this is going to take 20-30 years, folks.  Just like Social Security.  Just like Medicare.

That's a promising data point, but I have to wonder about the question wording.  I found the double-negative a little hard to follow.  

PK, who I trust a hell of a lot more on economics than JA, says the bailout bill was worth passing.

Not because it was perfect, but because a hell of a lot of damage could be done in the next few months.

So, I don't know much about the underlying substance here, but if even PK is warning me that the sky could fall, I tend to believe him.

Go pick up your points at john mccain's website.  Does this get you a mug?

Right.  

Because the Republicans really do care about sexism.  Like John McCain, who said to Lily Ledbetter, so sorry, you don't deserve to file a lawsuit because you got passed over for a promotion.  Barack Obama, that sexist weasel, was an original sponsor of that legislation

Sarah Palin had it right, too, when she said women need to stop complaining about sexism (or in Hillary's case, whining) and just be better and stronger than men.  That's the kind of mavericky change we need!

Jerome hasn't let go of the primaries.  

He worked himself into a hatred for Obama and can't let it go (or maybe, admit he was wrong?)

If Obama wins the Presidency, I look for Jerome to start in on his "failed presidency" sometime around day 10.

What are car keys?  And... hey!  Get off my lawn!!

Totally agree.

Dear John McCain:

Please, please, please pick Mitt Romney as your veep.

Thank you for your consideration.

Also, you might want to revisit your signature line.  

Looks like Obama's winning Latinos by huge margins, on the order of 2:1, and today's WaPo brings the unsurprising conclusion that he's up 10 among the white working class.  

Reality has a pro-Obama bias.

The sky is falling!  The sky is falling!

Is this snark?

It's trollerific!

Reagan's third associate justice is Kennedy.

I agree with you that Nixon did have four.  He appointed three new associate Justices - Blackmun, Powell and Rehnquist - and (as I forgot earlier) he also appointed Burger to the Court as chief.  

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/memb ers.pdf