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Michael Tomasky is a liberal American columnist, journalist and author.

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Michael Tomasky: the Senate vote

First of all, it's worth remembering that the bill could face several more cloture votes. There will be a cloture vote to end debate and vote on final passage, which is the biggie. But there could be others -- one expert on such matters told me over ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

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

And off I go, sort of; but only to return | Michael Tomasky

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Comments are now closed for this entry. I'm taking next week off, mostly. I plan on posting a reaction to the Saturday night Senate vote - will I be borrowing my headline from the ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Comment Is Free,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

Michael Tomasky and the Fox News footage mix-up

Michael Tomasky looks at the Fox News Channel footage mix-ups and urges viewers to be 'open-minded' about the mistake Your IP address will be logged When autoplay is on, videos on these pages will autoplay Please activate cookies in order to turn ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Comment Is Free,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fox News Channel

More on the civilian trial | Michael Tomasky

On today's WashPost op-ed pages, Jim Comey and Jack Goldsmith, who worked in the Justice Department under GWB, defend Eric Holder's decision and say that in fact it's military tribunals that don't work that well: In deciding to use federal court, the ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Eric Holder,  Osama bin Laden,  George W. Bush,  Richard Reid

Mt. Rushmore here we come | Michael Tomasky

All right, it would have yucked me out pretty majorly if something like this had been produced under Bush. But hey, the guy is under 50 and athletic. I do wonder, though, if he caught it on the first take. I'll confess to you that it took me a few ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Michael Tomasky: The war on Christmas starts early

Some of you may not be aware, but here in the states we have a fine Christmas tradition, of fairly recent vintage, called the war on Christmas. This war, as you might guess, is being waged by secular liberals, who insist on saying things like ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hanukkah,  White House

Will healthcare be saved at 11th hour? | Michael Tomasky

Once upon a time, I was involved in a union negotiation. Yes, I was on the union side, at the Village Voice, where I worked at the time. Along with eight or nine colleagues, I sat across a table from the five or six management representatives for a ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Republican Party

Because the situations were exactly the same, see? | Michael Tomasky

Public Policy Polling has blazed the trail in the past few months of asking the kinds of questions no one else is asking, like do you think Obama is descended from Lenin and so on (a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea). And now they've got ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Comment Is Free,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  ACORN,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush

Off-topic post: lemons vs. limes | Michael Tomasky

When I eat out, I like to have a club soda or a seltzer (I believe you call it "soda water" in her majesty's realm) with a lemon. Lemon. The default fruit in America for a such a libation is a lime. After years of frustration and disappointment, I ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Comment Is Free,  19 Nov 2009

Frum on what Obama should have done | Michael Tomasky

If every conservative were like David Frum, we'd have a country in which we had very strong disagreements to be sure, but a country in which most people on both sides more or less tried to traffic in something resembling fact. But even the sane ...

From MICHAEL TOMASKY, Comment Is Free,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  David Frum,  U.S. Congress,  Jim DeMint

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