Politico uses one lousy Republican vote as excuse to bash progressives:

[yurbud]

I'm sure this represents the inside-the-beltway thinking: bipartisanship with one member of the rotting corpse of the GOP is more important than what 60-70% of all Americans want, or more precisely, the cover that gives them with potential corporate donors so they don't look like dangerous radicals who will knock over the tray of mint juleps on the porch of the big house.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) staked a powerful claim Tuesday that his health care bill is about as far as his party is willing to go in turning the president’s vision of reform into reality.

And it was a Republican — Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine — who helped him stand up to his party’s liberals.


He sent a clear message to progressives who consider Baucus’s bill little more than a good start, a floor from which to build their bill of their dreams:

“My compass is going to be to get a bill that is solid, balanced and fair and doesn’t go too far in one direction or another,” Baucus said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

But Baucus can argue that what he has delivered is as far as moderates in the Democratic Party are willing to go — and if liberals try to put in an employer mandate, a robust public option or massive new subsidies for coverage, the delicate balance Baucus forged in his committee will splinter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20091014/pl_politico/28256">FULL TEXT

[Pirate Smile]

1. Politico has run, just within the past week, I believe, articles about how much the people in the

Obama Administration swear AND an article showing how much people defending Polanski had given to Obama.

Politico = Suckage of massive proportions. (understatement ;))

[mth44sc]

2. Never forget

Politico = Drudge with a tie!

[ddeclue]

3. DUZY ALERT!

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That's funny!