As we enter the final stretch of this battle for the soul of our nations health care, I am constantly reminded just how many triggers there are. Thought I would kick off a list this evening with a few of my least favorite triggers and ask you all to add yours in comments.

If conservative blog-dwellers really and truly believe their stuff about Obama being all Evil & Fascist & Commie, why *wouldn’t* they support a military coup to depose him? Because they’re sissies.

Newsmax columnist John L. Perry suggested yesterday that the US military might solve the “Obama problem” through a coup. His description of the “Obama problem” is typical right wing distortion and projection.

They had been withholding support until Reid brought EFCA to the floor, but they recently rejoined the AFL-CIO and are now working on Reid’s behalf.  (Sure hope “screwing us on procedure by keeping it off the floor” doesn’t qualify as “support” for the public option in Trumka’s eyes, because I doubt many others will agree.)

Tell Harry it’s too risky for the Reid name in Nevada to take that particular hit on the eve of an election when he’s down in the polls to “generic GOP challenger.”  Let him know it’s not acceptable for him to protect Democrats who are willing to join with the GOP to keep Democratic legislation from getting an up or down vote.

If he wants to go down that road, he needs to name those Democrats.

Alan Grayson Apologizes

A recent ruling by the Kansas Court of Appeals may have earth-shattering ramifications for the real estate and mortgage industries.

TNR’s Jon Cohn describes the Dutch health insurance scheme, to show how it differs from the models being considered in the US. This suggest the absence of a “public option” is misleading in a national insurance scheme that relies on far more regulation than the US is considering.

George Stephanopoulos, clutching his pearls, wants to know why it was necessary for Alan Grayson to call out Republicans on the floor of the House for their stubborn defense of the status quo.Why Is This Necessary? I’ll tell him why.

The end of an error. . .

Harry Reid needs to tell us which Democrats think they can stand with the Republicans and filibuster a public option. We have 60 Democratic Senators. So what’s the problem?

Sign our petition to Senator Harry Reid: we need to know which Democrats want to filibuster a public option with Republicans.

Sign our petition to Senator Harry Reid: we need to know which Democrats want to filibuster a public option with Republicans.