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Landrieu and Lincoln Line Up. Health Care Debate Is On.

Two final holdouts, Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, announced in speeches a few hours apart on the Senate floor they would vote to clear the way for what is expected to be a bruising, full-scale health care debate ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Senate,  Mary Landrieu,  U.S. Democratic Party

9,000th Post On Donklephant

It feels a little hard to believe, but we’re marking another milestone on the site today: 9,000 posts in a little over 4 years. Many, many, many thanks to my fellow contributors who have written thousands of thoughtful posts. And many, many, many ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  20 Nov 2009

Jon Stewart Interviews Lou Dobbs, Reveals More Paranoia

As many of you know, I’ve been a fan of Dobbs. Yes, he has been leading the far right on issues like immigration and border security, but he opposed the Bush tax cuts, wanted to raise the minimum wage, is pro choice and favors gay marriage. Meanwhile, ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jon Stewart,  Lou Dobbs,  Barack Obama

CBO Says Senate Health Care Bill Cuts Deficit By $127B

Among other things, they’ve agreed to subsidize insurance for a family of four making up to roughly $88,000 annually, or 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Reid met Wednesday afternoon with Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Blanche Lincoln of ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Mary Landrieu,  Blanche Lincoln,  John Kerry

Newsweek’s Dumb (And Sexist) Sarah Palin Cover

Newsweek offers some interesting analysis of Palin and her appeal in its November 23 issue. Unfortunately, its sexist treatment of Palin’s physical appearance distracts from any legitimate arguments the magazine and its contributors wish to make. We ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Newsweek,  Sarah Palin

Dwight Eisenhower: Another Bower In Chief

To the wife of Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Gronchi… Maybe he just liked to sneak a peek at their shoes? You must ALWAYS fill in the two word CAPTCHA below to submit a comment. And if this is your first time commenting on Donklephant, it will be ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  15 Nov 2009

How The Bowing Posts Came To Donklephant

I’ve heard quite a bit of back channel chatter about the last two posts on the blog and I wanted to explain how I was responsible for the topic even showing up here in the first place. Doug and I are friends on Facebook and he feeds his posts through ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.

Republicans Shifting Opinions On Healthcare Purely Partisan?

Hmmm, what happened in 2008…I can’t really think of anything. Republicans can not like Obama all the want, but this smacks of “Soreloserism.” Why, just look at how this drop has effected the overall opinion on this topic… So in 2007 nearly 70% of the ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  15 Nov 2009

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

Obama To Focus On The Deficit In 2010

We all know we’re on an unsustainable course with all of this spending. And this is why I voted for this guy: he’s a realist. We needed a short term shot in the arm when he first got in here, but now we have to worry about the long term ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Clinton,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party

Generic Congressional Repubs Beat Generic Congressional Dems

The bigger news here? Independents are swinging wildly in favor of the generic Republicans. There’s about a year to go before the 2010 elections, but this shift does not bode well for Dems. I still don’t think that Repubs can regain any majorities, but ...

From JUSTIN GARDNER, DonklePhant,  12 Nov 2009

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