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NY-26: GOP loses referendum on Rep. Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it
May 25, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Kathy Hochul ought to send Paul Ryan a thank-you note. Hochul pulled off a long-shot victory Tuesday in the heavily Republican 26th Congressional District largely by vowing to save Medicare. Hochul found political gold in Ryan plan – Donn Esmonde – The Buffalo News: The spending plan proposed by Ryan, Republican chairman … Read more
There’s a new third rail in American politics tonight
May 24, 2011
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Social Security used to be called the "third rail" of American politics, implying that any politician that tried to touch it would see their political career shocked to death. While Social Security is still vitally important to most Americans, a Republican in upstate New York learned tonight … Read more
Kirk Adams and Sal DiCiccio pass on the Kool-Aid in favor of a tall glass of Whine
May 24, 2011
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings On Thursday, the Goldwater Institute, Arizona's corporate lobbyist organization masquerading as a right wing "think tank," will host Steven Greenhut, the writer of the anti-worker propaganda tome book called Plunder: How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation. The "special guests" on … Read more
LD-26 goes Democratic!
May 24, 2011
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by David Safier Misleading Headline Alert (by which one renders a misleading headline acceptable): The headline is talking about U.S. House District 26 in New York. Any resemblance to Arizona's LD-26 may be purely coincidental. Then again . . . Democrat Kathy Hochul shouldn't have stood a chance in hell. Democrats never — Never! — … Read more
AZ GOP’s Big Budget Lie
May 24, 2011
By Michael Bryan All you hear recently from the State Capital is how they "balanced the budget for the first time in years". The GOP leadership claims to have closed the budget deficit. Bullshit. Their budget relies on over $200 million in cuts to the state Medicare program (AHCCCS) which are blatantly unconstitutional under Arizona's … Read more
American Auto Rescue an American Success Story
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration rescued the American automotive industry, in one of the president’s biggest but under-reported success stories. Political Animal – Turning the auto bailout into a winning issue: The new goal is to not only let voters know about this, but use it to boost Obama’s standing in states like Michigan, … Read more
Charts to explain the budget deficit debate
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The deficit peacocks are all squacking that we need to cut discretionary social spending and entitlement programs (social security and Medicare), while simultaneously saying that defense budget cuts are off the table and tax increases are off the table. These deficit peacocks are not serious about deficit reduction. They only have an … Read more
Update: T-Paw’s Flaws
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Republican governor of Minnesota Arne Carlson is a man on a mission. He wants the world to know the truth about former Republican governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty. He is not the mythical figure that the Washingtom media villagers and Beltway bloviators are creating. T-Paw's record is not what he claims. Arne Carlson was a … Read more
