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11/23: Weekend Hangover

"We're veering ever closer to the point where this bill is not going to do a whole lot more than force people to buy crappy insurance. The public option, as limited as it is, is the foot in the door to providing more and better options to more people. ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Senate,  Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

11/20: 'Cause Everyone Loves Some Senate Speculation...

"This seems like pretty much terrible news for the world. The most likely path between Point A and Senate passage of a reasonable climate bill is for McCain to rediscover his interest in the issue. But that's not the sort of thing a Senator worried ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Andrew Cuomo,  White House

11/19: Score One For Harry

"Until now [ex-MA Gov. Mitt] Romney has been tacking towards the nationalist base. But Mitt's not very good at phoney populism and it shows. Put [ex-AK Gov. Sarah] Palin in the race, however, and the equation changes: there's no point in Romney going ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Mike Huckabee

11/18: Is Bart Full Of Bluster?

"'For the final vote,' says [IN Sen.] Evan Bayh, 'I see no distinction between substance and procedure.' That is to say, if he decides to vote against the bill, he'll also vote against breaking a filibuster. "WASHINGTON -- In an effort to combat what ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin

11/17: Castles Made Of Sand

"Recruitment efforts are becoming seriously problematic for the Democrats. Take North Carolina, for instance, where former State Senator Cal Cunningham now says he won't run to challenge [GOP Sen.] Richard Burr, the latest in a long line of Democrats ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Richard Burr,  Elaine Marshall

11/13: A Question Of Justice

"My 30,000-foot view is that between the pressures of the jobs situation and the health care debate, the Democrats are in fairly bad shape. But, there's a long way to go before next year, and their situation does not seem to be quite as bad as it was ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Eric Holder,  White House

11/11: Snowed In

"Based on this polling, a Snowe who votes for a comprehensive health care overhaul is basically not going to be viable as a GOP primary candidate. Conversely, a Snowe who votes for comprehensive health reform and switches parties would remain a very ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Olympia Snowe,  Joe Lieberman

11/10: This Will Not Stand

"I can think of no better way for MoveOn.org to spend its money than to run ads attacking conservative Blue Dogs like Mike Ross of Arkansas and Glenn Nye of Virginia on the health-care vote. Because if there's one thing a freshman like Nye needs as he ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  MoveOn.org,  U.S. Democratic Party

11/9: Victory Comes At A Steep Price

"It's worth taking a moment to appreciate the fact that in a unicameral United States of America, we would now have passed both a comprehensive health care reform bill and also the most important piece of environmental legislation in the history of the ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Bart Stupak,  U.S. Republican Party

11/6: Rocking The House

"One consequence of having been alive through a lot of modern American history is remembering a lot of mass shootings. I was working at a high school summer job when news came over the radio that Charles Whitman had gunned down more than 40 people, ...

From IAN FAERSTEIN, National Journal,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  AARP,  Charles Whitman,  University of Texas,  Virginia Tech

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