The Great Irony of Health Care Reform
I'm pretty sure Kos has been saying this for a while, but they don't pay attention until a non-DFH parrots it. Via Taegan. The National Journal looks at the percentage of people who are uninsured in...
View Article10 of top crime gun suppliers are political RED states. 10 lowest crime gun...
The New York Times has a fascinating piece up. They reveal a study about gun trafficking and firearms used in crimes that has some surprising results. Well, maybe not all that surprising to us blue...
View ArticleCalifornia GOP is "not just wounded, it's in a coma"
I'm sitting at my computer right here in California, where we may be in a heap-o'-messy-trouble, but there's a big fat silver lining that keeps me going: I live in a blue state. That's at least some...
View Article"...Opportunistic yet unelectable, ineffective, uninformed about basic...
Today’s L.A. Times letters to the editor, Part 2: In California, it's one party Re "For GOP, state is a deep blue hole," Nov. 19 When I saw in your poll results that many Republicans favor "true...
View ArticleSurprise! Blue states are healthier than red states.
H/t @cpeterka for spotting this piece over at ::shudder:: Fox: UnitedHealth Group has released their 2011 annual state-by-state health rankings. Wondering where your state ranked? [...] Vermont is the...
View ArticleVideo- Bill Maher: Republicans Divide Americans Into ‘The Heartland And… The...
Via Mediaite. The post Video- Bill Maher: Republicans Divide Americans Into ‘The Heartland And… The Rest Of The Country’ appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleVideo- Fox's Bernard Goldberg Suggests "More Than A Few Reporters" Wish Sandy...
Yeah, those evil reporters sucking up to PBO every day. A huh. Via. The post Video- Fox's Bernard Goldberg Suggests "More Than A Few Reporters" Wish Sandy Had Hit Red States Because It Would Help...
View ArticleDear red states...
The following was a letter sent to me by a friend who prefers to remain anonymous. In light of my If at first you don’t secede, try, try a petition post, the timing couldn't have been better: Dear Red...
View ArticleRed states have higher traffic death rates than blue states
FairWarning.org, an online, nonprofit publication that does public interest journalism, has found that red state voters are more likely to die in a traffic accident than blue state voters, per the...
View ArticleTexas GOP Chairman: State could become a battleground in 2016.
Texas GOP Chairman Steve Munisteri believes Texas could become a swing state in 2016 if Hillary Clinton runs, but that Republicans will be up to the challenge. He takes the prospect very seriously,...
View ArticleThree things that Texas needs to become a blue state (betcha Rick Perry can...
Ruy Teixeira has a post at Think Progress that is encouraging if you're a Democrat. He discusses what it will take to turn Texas blue, even though the white vote in Texas remains overwhelmingly...
View ArticleTexas is blue-ming
Previously I posted a quickie that's worth a read: Three things that Texas needs to become a blue state (betcha Rick Perry can only name 2 of them). Here's the sequel. Dear Democrats, One word of...
View ArticleGOP's Gone With The Wind
Tara - AKA The Capitol Building John Boehner, the Speaker of the House, found a little budget money that wasn't effected by the government shutdown and he made an educational short to demonstrate how...
View ArticleBill Moyers Calls Out the GOP -- And Good
There's something about the congenial way newsman and journalist Bill Moyers captures the essence of what's going on around him -- soft spoken, folksy and stingingly right on. He's blessed with acute...
View ArticleOpportunity knocks: Democrats name 14 "Red to Blue" House candidates
Democrats think they have a chance to win some House elections in tough districts, and are adding even more targets as we speak. The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) looks at...
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