Tea Party libertarian Rand Paul handed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell his head in Kentucky's primary. A lurch to the right, or just an anti-establishment election?
Zach Carter, Nouriel Roubini, AlterNet. May 18, 2010.
The prominent economist explains why the model of the financial supermarket is a disaster, and why it's so dangerous that Wall Street is back to business as usual.
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. March 28, 2010.
So we got health care reform last week -- but it's a far cry from reformation. For all their gnashing of teeth, the insurance companies still make out like bandits.
Senators Jim Webb and Blanche Lincoln are backing Sen. Lindsey Graham's bill to deny funding for Obama's proposed 9/11 trials. Will it lead to a Democratic revolt?
Harry Reid may have gotten the Senate to move his health-care bill forward, but a handful of conservative Democrats could still keep the bill from getting a final vote.
Kos, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2009.
In better news, the public option is supported among all age groups (including 50-42 among those older than 60), and both among blacks (81-5) and whites (51-43).
