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 [...]

The smart people of the Sam Adams Alliance have put together a parody video that’s more scary than funny; it might not be too far from the truth. Have a look–and consider sharing it with a friend.

Check out the propaganda posters available, too, which is where I got the photo I’ve included in this post. [...]

Those of you who rallied against cap and trade till the bitter end of the House vote: listen up. Rep. Roy Blunt wants to see the same kind of public outcry against the Democrats’ health care agenda.
Reps. Roy Blunt, chairman of the Health Care Solutions Group, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, vice-chair of the House Republican [...]

Democrats in the Senate want their health care reform enacted as soon as possible. If these four Republicans go the way of the Ds–and that’s not an impossible scenario–the intrusive government takeover of the health care industry may happen before the August recess. The only way we can take action and attempt to have an [...]

I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I saw the title of a Talking Points Memo blog post, On Health Care: GOP is Out of Touch with Reality. Day in and day out, I’m flooded with emails, policy papers, Tweets, Facebook posts, new websites, text messages–all devoted to research and committed to [...]

After 7 long months, Al Franken was declared the winner of Minnesota’s 2nd Senate seat today.
I’m disappointed in the results out of Minnesota–and in the interest of being polite, I’ll end my comments about the results themselves there. It is fitting, however, to call my readers’ attention to something that Sen. Norm Coleman said earlier [...]

Silvio Berlusconi is in town to meet with President Obama today and discuss the possibility of Italy taking a few Guantanamo detainees, as well as economic recovery, Afghanistan and Iran, according to the AP.
What’s not on the agenda, so far as we know, is a discussion of health care.
It should be.
Berlusconi, whom the AP calls [...]

Kudos to Rep. Roy Blunt for speaking on behalf of frustrated Missourians–and other Americans for that matter–who agree that the current health care reform plans present an “insurmountable” problem.
CNN reports:
Missouri GOP Rep. Roy Blunt, who is heading up health care efforts in the House, said today he has made it clear to Democratic leaders that [...]