Kudos to Missouri governor Jay Nixon for recognizing that Missouri isn’t as excited about putting government in control of health care as the Democratic Governor’s Association.
Talking Points Memo reports:
It gives a sense of how tough the health care battle is that Democrats could only get 22 of the 28 governors from their own party to [...]

The White House is worked up about countering the “disinformation” circling the country about health care reform.
Is it “disinformation” if it’s all true? Didn’t think so.

On “Cash for Clunkers,” he slips out the back door and shuts out the community for whom he works. On health care, he’s already a laughingstock and he’s about to dig himself into a deeper hole.
According to the Missouri AARP Facebook page, Rep. Russ Carnahan will address “Aging in America” Thursday evening before an audience [...]

George Washington University’s annual Battleground poll is hailed as one of the most accurate polls in American politics. It is a bipartisan poll, conducted by both Republican and Democrat pollsters.
I spoke Thursday with Ed Goeas, President and CEO of the Tarrance Group, to get his take on some of the data.
The overall theme of the [...]

As a Democrat from a red state, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is considered a key player in health care reform–and the Left is not happy with his recent comments about the House’s plans to impose a surtax on the wealthiest Americans to finance their proposals, calling it “class warfare.”
“I know it’s going to be difficult [...]

On Friday, 44 Democrats voted against cap-and-trade legislation in the House. I want to congratulate those who did so because the legislation is far-reaching, job-destroying, and costly–but it is worth distinguishing the list of Ds into who voted “no” because the bill was bad and who voted “no” because the bill wasn’t liberal enough. Some [...]

Here’s what I imagine might have been on Blagojevich’s On-The-Go playlist: “Smooth Criminal” by Michael Jackson, “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” by Fall Out Boy, “Mo Money, Mo Problems” by Notorious B.I.G., “Dirty Little Secret” by Sarah McLachlan, “I Have Confidence” from “The Sound of Music” Soundtrack and “Have I Got a Deal For You” by Reba McEntire.

By now, most of you have heard the news about the governor from Illinois.
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by [...]