Posted by XT on November 14th, 2010 in Congress
Booman writes: I’ve gone over this before, but most Blue Dogs lost because they chose the worst of both worlds. They took away parts of the Democrats’ agenda that people supported, like giving them an alternative to for-profit health insurance and a financial bill that really put the screws to Wall Street, and they supported [...]
Posted by XT on November 1st, 2010 in Congress, President
This weekend, I went to see Steve Earle and Joan Baez in concert. During his introduction of the song “Christmastime in Washington”, Steve Earle explained that his song was about his heroes. He explained that it wasn’t about all his heroes because he could have put Joan Baez in there. She stood up at Woodstock [...]
