By JOE BIDEN Published: December 19, 2009   IF I were still a United States senator, I would not only vote yes on the current health care reform bill, I would do so with the sure knowledge that I was casting one of the most historic votes of my 36 years in the Senate. […]

  The Senate Democratic caucus is unified following a Saturday meeting and poised to pass a much-weakened health care reform proposal before Christmas day. "The mood was great," said Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) of the party gathering earlier Saturday. "It was a very, very good mood, even [among] those of us who have disappointments about […]

Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman gets it right again. December 19, 2009, 3:55 pm The insincere center Matthew Yglesias makes a good point: The health care bill represents a return, after fifteen years, of the idea that congress should be trying to pass major legislation that tackles major national problems. And even beyond that, […]

Jim Inhofe made a fool of himself in Copenhagen today and was summarily ignored. It is time that we give the GOP and others that misinforms Americans the same regards. COPENHAGEN — Sen. Jim Inhofe flew across the Atlantic and — on little sleep — braved the snow, the cold and the dark to deliver […]

  The nation’s largest union group said Thursday that it will not support the Democratic health-care bill unless "substantial changes" are made to the current Senate version. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement to reporters that without a public option for insurance coverage or an employer mandate – and with a tax on […]

This is of not much value but it is sure nice to see Lieberman get a symbolic pushback. Joe Lieberman may have been wondering if his colleagues’ respect for him went out the same window that he tossed the public option and the Medicare buy-in compromise that was to replace it. He got an answer […]

Paul Krugman, the great Liberal Nobel Prize winning economist says it much better than any of us have thus far. Illusions and bitterness There’s enormous disappointment among progressives about the emerging health care bill — and rightly so. That said, even as it stands it would take a big step toward greater security for Americans […]

Disclaimer: I love Keith Olbermann. He is generally correct. In fact most of his analysis today on his special comment was mostly correct on the Healthcare Reform Bill being a gift to insurance companies. But any for profit insurance system would be just that. There is already a DailyKos.com Diary that details the technical reasons […]

This was Senator Sanders defense of his Singlepayer Amendment after he withdrew it because obstructionist Republican Senator Coburn forced the entire 700+ page bill to be read. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more insightful commentary and to support progressive messages. Together, we can populate the internet with progressive messages that represent the […]

This is an important read that further illustrates my point mathematically as to why we must still support this sub-optimal bill. Nate Silver is a great numbers guy that is rarely wrong. We can bill towards what we ultimately want but by God let’s not blow a foundation. Pick your subheadline: a) It’s time to […]