On AlterNet: kennedy

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Mass Senate: Get Ready for Another Round of GOP Failure = Success

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog. January 9, 2010.

It's always good news for the Republicans.

Conservative Bishop Denies Kennedy His Holy Cracker*

Joshua Holland, November 23, 2009.

Is God cool with us picking and choosing Her teachings?

Mass GOP Sues to Block Appt of Kennedy Replacement but Forgets to Actually Make an Argument

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com. September 25, 2009.

They may not live in the reality-based community, but a judge apparently does.

Paul Kirk Appointed to Kennedy's Seat

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 24, 2009.

Lawmakers passed legislation in the past few days allowing Governor Deval Patrick to name an interim senator.

Kennedy Historians Debunk "Greatest Regret" Myth

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. 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."

Making Sense of the Senate's Inside Game

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 29, 2009.

Understanding this stuff offers a window into the prospects of health reforms passing.

Pathetic Right-Wing Lunatic Pens Op-Ed Pondering Kennedy's Future in Hell

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 28, 2009.

Stay classy, lady.

Naming a Health Care Bill After Ted Kennedy Is Exactly What the Senator Would Have Wanted

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 28, 2009.

Shock jocks on the right are calling foul on the politicizing of Kennedy's passing. They're wrong to do so.

Farewell Senator

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.

Name the Public Option After Kennedy, Not a Watered Down Bill

David Waldman, Daily Kos. August 27, 2009.

Kennedy's name should not be attached to anything less than a bill he would have fought for.

Liberal Lion Ted Kennedy Has Died ... What Happens Now with Immigration Reform?

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.

Republicans Use Kennedy's Passing as Excuse for Failure on Health Reform

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 26, 2009.

Republicans oppose health care reform. They shouldn't blame Ted Kennedy's absence and death for their obstinacy.

What Ted Kennedy's Death Means for Health Reform

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. August 26, 2009.

Kennedy's death puts the number of senate Dems at 59, which could make defeating a Republican filibuster impossible.

Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies at 77

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. August 25, 2009.

Sen. Kennedy was 77.

Chuck Grassley Uses Kennedy's Brain Tumor To Spread Anti-Health Reform Propaganda

Nate Carlile, ThinkProgress. August 5, 2009.

Pretty low.

Sen. Kennedy's Brain Cancer Is in Remission

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. 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.

Kennedy Experiences Convulsions; Taken Out on Stretcher

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. January 20, 2009.

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) was taken away from a celebratory congressional luncheon this afternoon after experiencing convulsions.

Would George C. Wallace Have Voted for Obama?

Staff, AlterNet. November 5, 2008.

Peggy Wallace Kennedy: my dad, George Wallace, might have backed Barack Obama.

Obama Wants the Gay Vote ... Sorta

Deeky, Shakesville. 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.

Kennedy, Michelle, and Two Little Obamas Make Dems' First Night a Win

Blue Texan, Firedoglake. 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.

James Carville's Bitter Take on the Dems Convention

Steven D., Booman Tribune. August 26, 2008.

Carville blasts the first night's proceedings on CNN

Kennedy to Pass the Torch, Prepares to Speak at DNC

Jill C., August 25, 2008.

It doesn't get any more dramatic than this.

It's Time for a Radically Different View of Patriotism

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?

What Does Castro's Resignation Mean for Cuba?

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.

Why Are the Polls Going Against Hillary?

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone. February 3, 2008.

The question here is whether this is an Obama surge or a result of policy and endorsements for Hillary.