Missouri’s 3rd District has a Cook rating of D+7, by the way: it’s Gephardt’s old seat. Russ Carnahan got 67% of the vote last time. It’s not out of reach – no seat ever is – but if it’s a target for next year this is the first I’ve heard of it. In other words, it’s in Blue Country.
And Carnahan still can’t parrot talking points about the Democrats’ health care rationing plan without getting mocked and booed. Via Ed Driscoll:
The title of Ed’s post – “If It’s So Good Why Doesn’t Congress Have To Be On It?”, a quote from the video – captures the feel of the room pretty well. I’ve been blogging since probably 2002 or so, which is about the same amount of time that I’ve been really watching politics – and I don’t think that I’ve seen this wide an atmosphere of scorn about a particular policy position before. I’ve seen this level of scorn, sure; just nothing this ubiquitous.
And now you know why Blunt introduced this measure. Because – thankfully! – the GOP is paying attention.
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Now THIS is 'speaking truth to power'
speciallist (Diary) Tuesday, July 21st at 9:57PM EST (link)time for alot more of this…
That's a great video.
Flagstaff (Diary) Wednesday, July 22nd at 11:33PM EST (link)I would have liked to hear his answer.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964