Doesn't Duncan understand that Dennis folding makes it easier to get the progressive camel's nose in the tent?

Good thing Dennis folded. Dems now stand good chance of passing a bill crafted to win approval from the right. As if Republicans don't hate the bill and plan to use it as club whether it passes or not.

I would never, ever believed the GOP could have risen from the grave this quick. Not after 8 years of Bush.

I supported Kucinich until he flipped and now he's dead to me, just another sell-out flogging his own brand of indispensable self-promotion.

Seething might be the best way to describe the reaction of the right if this bill passes and BTD' cautions about an unmotivated base ring truer every day.

Kiss me like you mean it.

We're not quite there yet, but this is really starting to feel like Jimmy Carter time. I don't recall that period as a happy time.

The nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization has announced it will oppose the health care bill being considered by Congress unless major changes are made during reconciliation, presenting a potentially damaging late-stage obstacle to the bill's passage

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) released a statement to the Huffington Post on Thursday morning that recognizes the need to tackle reform but argued that the Senate's version of legislation -- which is the basis for the entire bill -- is a non-starter. link

Anti-choice Democrats are threatening to kill the entire project over the abortion language in the Senate bill and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members are rebelling because of its draconian immigration provisions. link