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Kevin Lembo needs a few more dollars to qualify for public financing. The race for comptroller is the only one that features a Democratic primary candidate, Mike Jarjura, who is wholly objectionable. Many would say that the fact that he is mayor of Waterbury is a sufficient disqualification for any post, anywhere. But if we […]

Why do I not find this surprising? Democrats probably didn’t expect to find themselves in this position: On the cusp of moving a big Wall Street reform bill to the Senate floor, with Republicans, as if immune from political pressure, banding together to block them. But they knew it could happen. Some even would have […]

I just watched Lawrence O’Donnell, on the Keith Olbermann show, ask the head of the House Progressive Caucus if she feared the possibility of the Senate Parliamentarian ruling certain items of the Health Care reconciliation bill out of order, as not fitting subjects for reconciliation. She, of course, with reason did say that the House […]

Proving once again that liberals just can’t seem to get over the demise of the Enlightenment (I mean rational thought is so over), Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly makes the obvious point that, contrary to Beltway wisdom, it is not Obama who has failed to meet the Republicans half way: It’s tempting to think […]

What planet do Democrats live on? Apparently, Harry Reid is considering growing some balls, and Obama is thinking of following suit, by giving recess appointments to the nominees that have been held up by the limitless holds to which Obama’s nominees have been subjected. But the Democrats are fearful that they will be perceived as-well-as […]