The Nation By Lindsay Beyerstein January 20, 2010 This article originally appeared on The Media Consortium. Last night, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s senate seat in Massachusetts. Coakley’s loss puts healthcare reform in jeopardy. With Coakley’s defeat, the Democrats lose their filibuster-proof sixty-seat majority in [...]
Archive for January 21st, 2010
21 Jan
Republicans Massachusetts Victory Is a Potential Gift to Democrats
OpEdNews January 20, 2010 Republicans Massachusetts Victory Is a Potential Gift to Democrats By Steven Leser The Democrats could become the NY Jets of politics. The NY Jets football team took a pounding in the early part of the football season. Then they figured out what was wrong, made changes, and have won something like [...]
21 Jan
Reforming Health Care is Not Optional
OpEdNews January 21, 2010 Reforming Health Care is Not Optional By LindaForThePeople Americans opposing health care reform do not grasp the fact that we will eventually be forced to reform. The United States is simply on an unsustainable course. Healthcare costs are rising at just under 10% per year. So, in 10 years, costs will [...]
21 Jan
What Obama needs to say in the State of the Union
By Colbert King | January 20, 2010 Next Wednesday’s State of the Union address couldn’t come at a better time. President Obama will report, as required by the constitution, on the country’s condition, and he will, as expected, outline his administration’s agenda for the coming year. But Obama’s first State of the Union speech to [...]
21 Jan
Mass. Senate race exposes the contradictions of Obamaism
By E.J. Dionne Jr. Thursday, January 21, 2010 It turns out there were core contradictions in the promises Barack Obama made to the country in 2008. They caught up with his party on Tuesday in Massachusetts. Things will not get easier. Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s victory will empower Republicans in Congress to hold to their course [...]
