Here’s Obama talking to Snuffleupagus, still looking for that bipartisanship pony.

The results in Massachusetts, Arkansas, New York, Ohio and Indiana show that Democrats are probably a lot closer to Dennis Kucinich than they are to the so-called “centrists” like Joe Lieberman whose corporatism has dictated the terms of the Senate health care bill.

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FDL/SurveyUSA, 1/16-1/18, 600 likely voters, margin of sampling error ± 4.1%

If there were an election for US House of Representatives today, and the only two candidates on the ballot were Democrat Baron Hill and Republican Mike Sodrel, who would you vote for?

41% Baron Hill (D)
49% Mike Sodrel (R)
10% Undecided

2010 will be the fifth straight time Democratic Congressman Baron Hill has gone head-to-head with Republican former Congressman Mike Sodrel for the opportunity of representing Indiana’s 9th congressional district.

The stunning and decisive loss by Martha Coakley to Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election has already caused a tsunami of fear among Democrats, and corresponding joy among Republicans, heading toward next fall’s midterm elections. If you think this is cause for concern for Democrats looking forward to the 2010 midterm elections, picture [...]

The only official “reason” the public option was dropped from the Senate bill was because four Senate Democrats (Lincoln, Landrieu, Nelson, and Lieberman) refused to vote for cloture on a bill with a public option. Reconciliation measures can’t be filibustered, so they only need a simple majority to pass the Senate. There is no need to listen to the ridiculous demands of a handful of conservative Democrats.

It’s hard to imagine two pastors spending weeks and weeks preaching and testifying about protecting against same sex marriage in their churches, but then being reluctant to do the same in court. On the other hand, as a pastor, I can imagine a very interesting question-and-answer session between the plaintiff’s lawyer and the pastors about their unwillingness to preach. . .

Shrill: Maybe House Democrats can pull this out, even with a gaping hole in White House leadership. Barney Frank seems to have thought better of his initial defeatism. But I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about [...]

Haiti, exploitation — maximized. Humanity, not so much.

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