AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 24, 2009. Lawmakers passed legislation in the past few days allowing Governor Deval Patrick to name an interim senator.
Jed Lewison, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 2, 2009. Kennedy was "always anxious to reach an agreement," Adam Clymer, a former Times reporter wrote. "But that didn't mean any agreement."
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 29, 2009. Understanding this stuff offers a window into the prospects of health reforms passing.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 28, 2009. Shock jocks on the right are calling foul on the politicizing of Kennedy's passing. They're wrong to do so.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, August 27, 2009. Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
Andrea Nill, Center for American Progress. August 27, 2009. Kennedy “laid the groundwork” for the sort of humane immigration reform that he had spent much of his political career fighting for, but never achieved.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. Republicans oppose health care reform. They shouldn't blame Ted Kennedy's absence and death for their obstinacy.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2009. Kennedy's death puts the number of senate Dems at 59, which could make defeating a Republican filibuster impossible.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 19, 2009. A friend told me this afternoon, "God clearly wants health care reform to happen." It was in reference to the good news from the Hill.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 20, 2009. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) was taken away from a celebratory congressional luncheon this afternoon after experiencing convulsions.
Deeky, Shakesville AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. August 29, 2008. This isn't change I can believe in, it's the same old bullshit I've been hearing for most of my life.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2008. Some people are worried that the Dems didn't go after McCain last night ... be patient, last night wasn't the night to attack.
Ira Chernus, AlterNet. June 20, 2008. Republicans do not own the rights to this word. Obama has an opportunity to change how we think about patriotism. Will he take it?
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 20, 2008. The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Election 2008. February 3, 2008. The question here is whether this is an Obama surge or a result of policy and endorsements for Hillary.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. January 30, 2008. We should pay attention to Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement for president -- he was a rare sane voice among Dems in opposing the Iraq war.
GottaLaff, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2008. Also, Toni Morrison, who dubbed Bill Clinton the "first Black President," backs Obama.
