Bill Clinton hears echoes of the hate-speech of the 90s – the last time Republicans were marginalized (go figure).
“We can’t let the debate veer so far into hatred that we lose focus of our common humanity.”
It’s hard to disagree with that sentiment but, the fact is, it makes a poor yardstick by which to measure [...]

Maybe this will reach progressives/liberals better than my previous attempts.
Smart liberals, mcjoan and BarbinMD are taking the Obama Administration’s new offshore drilling announcement as yet more evidence of Obama’s hard-headed naïveté that he’ll earn Republican support for his bi-partisan efforts. Interestingly, mcjoan quotes Chris Bowers who really seems to get it:
A compromise with Conservadems While [...]

Josh says:
” Everything that’s happened over the last five days has grown from a pattern of incitement going back almost a year…”
Really, I don’t think that he’s giving Republicans and the “conservative” movement nearly enough credit. This is the culmination of at least thirty years of fanning anti-government, anti-liberal and anti-Democrat sentiments since Ronald Reagan [...]

Dear Brian:
Thank you so much for the massive segment featuring constituent anger from the many Republican politicians who personally whipped that very anger with proven falsehoods and lies about health care reform, followed by the long feature on the couple angry about the signed law they knew absolutely nothing about because it was “done so [...]

John Cole starts a comment war, featuring none other than Glennzilla himself, with this comment:
Glenn consistently mocks the 11-dimensional chess when Obama’s defenders use it deflect blame when the Obama team has made mistakes… More than likely, I’d bet these stories are coming from Rahm’s buddies who think they are doing him a favor.
Cole was [...]

If the legislation passes, it’s fair to say that Republicans made it happen. By lying and demagoguing “Obamacare” they rallied liberals, centrists and Congressional Democrats to push policies that had only lukewarm support at best and generated outright anger on the left.

Joe Klein takes the opportunity to look at how Obama’s doing (so far).
Let’s see:
1) Hasn’t inherited peace and prosperity and turned them into wars and deficits as far as the eye can see.
2) Hasn’t let terrorists destroy landmark buildings and kill thousands of people in New York and Washington after being warned of a gathering [...]

Jabba the Hate:
“The coup was what many of you wish would happen here, without the military.”
AP: Honduras’ coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo. Officials [...]

Wow, this does sounds promising:
By far the most controversial detail is who would participate in these exchanges. Both the House and Senate plans would restrict access to small businesses and individuals not eligible for employer-sponsored plans that meet a set of minimum standards for coverage. Plus, while the House plan would at least start with [...]

Lots of otherwise smart liberals are rending their garments in angst over the idea that Barack Obama has lost the message war on heath care reform and is being punked by Republicans because he naively believed he could earn their support through bi-partisan outreach.
Digby: “I actually suspect that many in the Obama White House believed [...]