Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2009. If our political landscape were slightly saner, Republicans would embrace this bill with both arms.
Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 17, 2009. Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle.
DavidNYC, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. November 6, 2009. The Democratic leadership seems determined to keep Joe Lieberman in the fold -- so that he can depart from it whenever he pleases.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. There's momentum to repair our fractured health care system -- but activism is desperately needed to keep the process honest.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2009. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you can pass in a House caucus with 51 Blue Dogs.
Peter Dreier, The Nation. October 26, 2009. There is still no guarantee that a progressive bill will end up on Obama's desk. But the chorus in favor of the public option is getting louder.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2009. The more Reid takes this seriously, the better the chances we'll see some long overdue legislative progress on the issue.
Ryan Powers, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 8, 2009. Reid ordered Baucus to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.
Rikyrah, Jack & Jill Politics AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 19, 2009. "The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on a bill to establish a House seat for the District, which includes the city of Washington."
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2009. The power struggle between Rahm Emanuel and Congressional Democratic leadership continues.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2009. Reid invited top lobbyists to join him for an inaugural brunch Monday where he pledged that he will still do plenty of business with them.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. January 13, 2009. Congressional leaders are advancing a radical view of international law that would allow powerful countries to get away with war crimes.
Sam Stein, Ryan Grim, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. January 6, 2009. Fallout from the surreal political scandal in Illinois has now wafted into Minnesota.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. January 6, 2009. MSNBC is saying that they're trying to give Burris an ambassadorship or some other appointment in order to go away quietly.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive AlterNet: PEEK. January 2, 2009. Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate should go ahead and seat Roland Burris from Illinois.
Thers, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 2, 2009. The entire country thinks Senators are a bunch of clowns. The country, of course, thinks this because Senators keep acting like clowns.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 30, 2008. "No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."
