This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the failure and decline of the Republican party and the efforts of the Obama administration to build a new, lasting Democratic coalition.<\/p>\n
GOP strategy #743 on Obamacare: We’ll fix it\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/healthwatch\/health-reform-implementation\/189775-gop-shifts-now-wants-to-fix-obamacare<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Weeks ago, many Republicans said ObamaCare \u2014 including Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) \u2014 was too broken to fix. But now, the GOP is drafting legislation that aims to do just that.<\/p>\n The GOP wants to rebuild its political capital and public credibility by solving ObamaCare\u2019s implementation problems. . . .\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>[NB: Yep, folks, the GOP just wants to help Obamacare work BETTER. Yes, that’s right. . . uh . . . Why are you laughing?]<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Lindsey Graham is an ass<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/videocafe.crooksandliars.com\/david\/graham-squirms-cnn-after-cbs-retracts<\/span><\/a> More: http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/11\/graham-still-wants-to-block-obama-nominees.html<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n GOP Bizarroworld<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/dispatch-from-gop-bizarroworld.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Well, we can hope<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/11\/11\/how-the-tea-party-s-apocalyptic-politics-are-destroying-the-republican-party.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Chuckles<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.khou.com\/news\/local\/White-guy-wins-after-leading-voters-to-believe-hes-black-231222981.html<\/span><\/a> Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d always said it was a long shot,\u201d Wilson says. \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t expect to win.\u201d\u00a0Still, he figured he\u2019d have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called \u201call the shenanigans\u201d at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him.<\/span><\/p>\n Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found \u201cdisgusting.\u201d If a white guy didn\u2019t have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he\u2019s black.\u00a0\u00a0And it apparently worked.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":641,"featured_media":26609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071,29,128,113,1061,16,202,1],"tags":[1368,602],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday defended his decision to block President Barack Obama’s executive branch nominations partially based on a story about Benghazi that 60 Minutes was forced to retract. . . . .<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/11\/60-minutes-brief-apology-for-benghazi-story.html<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2013\/11\/60-minutes-issues-non-explanation-explanation-its-benghazi-report<\/span><\/a> <\/b><\/div>\n