And so it goes: A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. "We do not have a date" for the hearing, said the aide, Tara Andringa. More...
Fox News host plans on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned.
As both Kevin K. and Dave Weigel noted earlier today, Sarah Palin angered and disappointed fans in Noblesville, Indiana yesterday when she abruptly left a book signing promotion even though there were many fans still waiting in line to receive her signature on their newly purchased copies of Going Rogue. Here’s a video compilation of reaction from fans stiffed by Palin broadcast by local Indiana news outlets: More...
Drop comes amid bad news about the economy.
- Tenants are still "Lost in the Shuffle" when the foreclosure notices arrive.
- Facts are stupid things department: Testifying as an expert on the stimulus Thursday, Dick Armey admitted before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he not only had not read the piece of the stimulus bill being discussed, but that he had actually not read any of the bill:
Ironically, as part of an effort to obstruct and derail the bill, Armey launched an online petition called “ReadTheStimulus.org.” In another bit of irony, although he postures as a fierce ideological opponent of the stimulus, Armey actually worked as a lobbyist to help businesses gain from the stimulus. According to disclosures, he was paid to lobby on behalf of Cape Wind Associates and the Medicines Company on the stimulus. His son, Scott Armey, who runs his own lobbying shop, has also worked with businesses to gain stimulus funds.
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Update (1:11PM): It turns out that Wyden's legislation has not been folded into the actual legislation yet -- it still must attract 60 votes to be included. However, both Reid and Baucus have endorsed it. Original post: Mike Lillis of TWI: More...
So Fox conducts a poll on whether or not Americans approve of President Obama's bow while meeting the Emperor of Japan. Given that they attacked President Obama mercilessly over the bow on Monday, it's likely they wanted to excoriate him once again, this time using poll results showing how much America hated the bow. But there's a problem for Fox: it turns out their very own poll shows Americans don't have a problem with bow-gate. Indeed, 67% said they think it is appropriate for the American president "to bow to a foreign leader if that is the country's custom" and only 26% felt it was "never appropriate for the president to bow to another leader." More...
After an ADL report says Beck may foment violence, I visit racist Web sites to see if their denizens are listening
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Don't Arizonans know that he's a war hero? Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%. More...
The good news on the Senate version of the public option is (beyond the fact that there is one included in the bill, making conference that much easier) that it uses the essential components of the HELP version of the public option, with a few minor changes. The core of the public option remains pretty decent, with a single national plan set up and run by the Secretary of HHS, who has the authority to negotiate reimbursement rates with providers. Not as good as Medicare +5, but could be worse. The bad news, of course, comes with the opt-out provision of the bill, which makes the public option less than national. When first proposed, the idea was that states would automatically be included, and would have to take action to opt-out sometime after implementation of the program. Unfortunately, that's not how it worked out in the actual language [Sec. 1323, part (a)(3)] More...
Sarah Palin acknowledges some culpability for her damaging interview with CBS’s Katie Couric.
Democrats' economic fears that had been bubbling have finally boiled over.
...I meant in the election, not necessarily in life. That is for others to debate. What can be said now definitively, however, is that in the election held two-plus weeks ago, Democrat Bill Owens was properly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, while de facto GOP nominee Doug Hoffman has officially run out of chances (scroll down for the vote totals): It's over. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, leads by 3,105 votes with 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted. More...
The first floor vote on the Senate HCR bill will happen Saturday evening, after a long day of speechifying, but without having to hear bill read aloud. Chances are pretty good the 60 will be there to at least allow the bill to be considered. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has agreed to relent on his demand for Senate clerks to read aloud the 2,074-page bill and allow the chamber to take a critical test vote, said the aide. Reading the bill on the Senate floor was estimated to take as many as 30 hours or longer, raising the possibility of the Senate staying in session into next week.... More...
- While fallout from the breast cancer panel continues to be felt, here are two of the best and most thoughtful posts on the topic I have come across in the last few days (post more if you see them):
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 The House is not in session today.
In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Convenes: 9:45am Resume debate on motion to proceed to HR3590, legislative vehicle for Health Care Reform.
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Former Alaska governor questions whether costs play a role in recent health screening recommendations.
Friday opinion, and as you might expect... Eugene Robinson: Everyone knows that the bloodthirsty blowhard -- whom officials often refer to by his initials, KSM -- is never going to see the light of day. The uproar is really about the word "war." Outrage is being voiced by those who worry that Holder and President Obama are abandoning the Bush-era doctrine of a "war on terrorism" that must at all times be conducted by military means... More...
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