Barack Obama

We want change. Quit playing footsie with the filibuster fanboys, and finish what you started. If you don't, our new majority is going to disintegrate.

The Shrill One: "the Senate — and, therefore, the U.S. government as a whole — has become ominously dysfunctional."

Unless some legislator pulls off a last-minute double-cross, health care reform will pass the Senate this week. Count me among those who consider this an awesome achievement. It’s a seriously flawed bill, we’ll spend years if not decades fixing it, but it’s nonetheless a huge step forward.

It was, however, a close-run thing. And the fact that it was such a close thing shows that the Senate — and, therefore, the U.S. government as a whole — has become ominously dysfunctional.

Draft-dodging Cheney never had the balls to see the victims of his warmongering. Too busy sending other people's kids off to fight and die.