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The truth about health-care reform: affordability

Thanks to the good people at the DPC, I'll be posting some of the Qs and As here at The Reaction this week. Given that the Senate has formally begun its reform debate, it's an ideal time to try to get the truth out there as widely as possible, and ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Towards a more perfect health-care reform bill

Listen, in the end, this is going to be a compromise. It's not going to be a perfect bill, but it's going to be a very important starting point. But no, not yet. If it comes to that, we may very well have to accept a compromise that we otherwise ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jeanne Shaheen,  Joe Lieberman,  Mary Landrieu

Glenn Beck, "The Plan," and 100 years of anger, paranoia, and extremism

I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan. I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  Abraham Lincoln,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

With 60 votes, the health care debate is set to begin

Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, and she and fellow centrists are making clear they expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to scrap his current plan for a government-run insurance ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harry Reid,  Barack Obama,  Mary Landrieu

More Glenn Beck!

Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking. At a rally Saturday at a massive retirement community in ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

No one's stuffing gay rights down Utah's throat

I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don't mind gays. But I don't want 'em stuffing it down my throat all the time. Certainly not in my kid's face. Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars -- a Republican, of course -- ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chris Buttars,  U.S. Republican Party

Craziest Republican of the Day: Virginia Foxx

But, then, this is Virginia Foxx we're talking about. If she's not a blatant liar, she's insane. -- "Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this country." Maybe, if you go all the way back to the days of ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Virginia Foxx,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Lyndon B. Johnson,  Barack Obama

The stakes in Afghanistan

J.F. Murphy is a former Marine infantry officer and Iraq veteran who graduated from the U.S. Navy's SERE program. He is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project. Ed. note: This is Jim's second guest post at The Reaction. You can find his first ( ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Al-Qaeda,  US Marine Corps,  Barack Obama

Rudy Giuliani set to run for U.S. Senate -- maybe

(I called Gillibrand "a horrible, horrible pick" when she was appointed by Gov. David Paterson earlier this year, but, while I don't follow her all that closely, she seems to be doing fairly well. She doesn't seem to be anything like the ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rudy Giuliani,  U.S. Senate,  David A Paterson,  U.S. Republican Party

8,000 posts

Just a quick note to say that we passed 8,000 posts at The Reaction today. (#8,000 was Capt. Fogg's this afternoon.) Some blogs have done more, of course, but that's a lot, and I think back to that first post I wrote way back on March 29, 2005. At ...

From MICHAEL J.W. STICKINGS, The Reaction,  19 Nov 2009

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