Sen. Joe Lieberman says that health care reform is important but not so important that he would vote for a bill that includes the public option. The “independent Democrat” blames those that insist on having the public option for his threat to filibuster health care reform. “I’d say to the…
Conservatives declared victory after forcing a moderate Republican out of a highly contested House race in upstate New York. The Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, withdrew Saturday virtually guaranteeing a win for Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman in New York’s 23rd Congressional district. White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett told ABC’s…
The nation’s most “fair and balanced” network gave up over 20 minutes of its premiere Sunday “news” show to nation’s loudest conservative voice. With little resistance, Fox News’ Chris Wallace allowed Rush Limbaugh to continually attack President Barack Obama. Limbaugh called Obama “the man-child president,” accused him of visiting the…
Rush Limbaugh isn’t endorsing Sarah Palin for president in 2012 but he says she’s ready for the job now. “One thing I do not do is follow conventional wisdom, and the conventional wisdom of Sarah Palin is “She’s not smart enough. She needs to bone up on the issues. She’s…
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) may be moving even further to the right. Lieberman told ABC’s Jonathan Karl that he would support some Republican candidates in the 2010 election. ABC News has more details here. This video is from ABCNews.com, broadcast Oct. 30, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN’s Larry King that it’s time for President Barack Obama to wind down the war in Afghanistan. This video is from CNN’s Larry King Live, broadcast Oct. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Jon Stewart looks at how Fox opinion show influence Fox “news” reporting. “See the Fox opinion guy’s outrage becomes the ‘some say’ source for the newsside. It’s a perpetual rerevulsion machine,” explained Stewart. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast Oct. 29, 2009.…
Gov. John Baldacci, R-ME, joins Rachel Maddow to talk about the coming vote to uphold the right for gays to marry in Maine. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, broadcast Oct. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…
Rachel Maddow is joined by FireDogLake.com founder and publisher Jane Hamsher, to talk about breaking news that Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN, backing down from his threat to filibuster a health reform bill containing a public option and the remaining Democratic hold-outs. This video is from MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show,…
Countdown guest host Lawrence O’Donnell talks with former Gov. Howard Dean about the House health reform bill which includes a weakened alternative to the original public option. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Oct. 29, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…