Three days ago we posted an editorial from David Frum’s web site called “Waterloo,” in which the conservative pundit asserted that Republicans had committed an enormous tactical error in refusing to negotiate with Democrats on the health care bill. Now Frum has lost his job at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Frum [...]

“Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s. It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster.” Former Bush speechwriter and Republican thinker David Frum has posted an article on his site that is making the Web rounds. It argues that Republicans have made a huge tactical error in refusing [...]

As we posted earlier, a certain amount of grudging and jealous admiration is held by some Democrats for Republican Senator Jim Bunning, who is standing on principle by single-handedly blocking an extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits. However, if you are one of the couple of hundred thousand who is being immediately denied these funds, [...]

Retiring senator Jim Bunning, Republican from Kentucky, has single-handedly blocked an extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits originally doled out in the stimulus bill. Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go! has a run down of federal highway funding, which includes money for thousands of federal employees who will now be furloughed, that is also not flowing [...]

Following the health care summit on Twitter is as good a way as any… One Tweet puts its finger on one potential problem of an event like this: Some parts of the Health Care Summit that I have been listening to, have sounded like the adults in Peanuts- Wonk Wonk Wonk

Huh. There seems to be a lot of negativity about President Obama’s speech on the Republican National Committee Twitter feed. Go figure. The Republicans are also tweeting up a storm on #healthcare, per Tweet Congress. Meanwhile, the House Democrats haven’t tweeted on their feed since early August. They’ll really need to narrow the Tweet-gap if [...]