When Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy for Senate last week, polls showed her trailing Scott Brown by a wide margin. Remarkably, in just one week’s time, though, she’s not only closed the gap, but surpassed the incumbent Republican. I’m sure some of it has to do with the fact that it’s a historically Democratic seat, […]
Well, it looks like Elizabeth Warren has made up her mind to run for the Senate. She just posted the followning note to progressive message board called Blue Mass Group. Growing up, every decision for my family involved a careful calculation about how we could pay for it—a visit to the doctor, a tank of […]
I don’t know if it’s for real this time, or if it’s just more political posturing on the part of certain Democrats, but it seems as though the so-called “public option” may not be as completely dead as we’d been led to believe. The following clip comes from The Hill: …The recess week ended up […]
Well, it looks as though Republican Scott Brown has won Teddy Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts, ending the Democrats super-majority, and possibly with it healthcare reform. Some, like the MM.com reader who calls himself Edge of Sprawl (quoted below), feel as though this marks some kind of huge turning point in American history, where regular […]
