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Big day today

by Mel on Mar 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM

Fingers crossed for the Health Care Reform vote. Even MSNBC is live today, and that's saying something.

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5 Responses to “Big day today”

  • Jen Brock March 21, 2010

    MSNBC on the weekends is the biggest waste of space. It's all, "check out the inside of this prison."

  • Jules March 21, 2010

    It was a major freak show on the corner of New Jersey and Independence Ave ( south corner of Cannon bldg) couple hundred swiftboatbirthbaggers chanting "Kill the Bill" over and over again. Any Congress person who needed to get back and forth had to run this gauntlet, protesters thinly veiled taunts and spew was unlike anything I believe I've seen on the hill.

  • J.M. Prince March 21, 2010

    Yes, all lovely, and 'we know them by their acts': TNR on the 'Ugly Scene':

    http://www.tnr.com/.../the-treatment/breaking-ugly-scene

    Huff Post has a lovely pic in a montage of pics on the day showing Nancy Pelosi, Steny, Cong. John Lewis & other supporters locked arm in arm as a front line moving across the Capitol (someplace). But just damn lovely. When they go berserk, we know the magnitude of the achievement. Yes boys & girls, we may just pass a national Romney-care Bill yet: [Via E.J. Dionne]

    http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/vital-center

    It was thoroughly bipartisan in approach, content & intent. But in the space of a year or less the Rethug side just managed to go so nuts as to be now far to the right of where Romney is & certainly was. Now that's quite a remarkable achievement. But we can and should build on this. It's a decent start. JMP

  • Zaid March 21, 2010

    TNR's middle east coverage is the closest thing to an ugly scene I know of. Not to diss their health care stuff, which from jon cohn is excellent, but..

  • J.M. Prince March 21, 2010

    Which is why I post the Health care stuff Z and ignore MP's well known histrionic ravings. If you've been around the block a few times you know this & the players. It's why their circulation has largely cratered too, only consistently good solid & useful reporting will likely get you 'returning' readers. Rinse & repeat. You want readers to return? Give them something useful, true & interesting to read. JMP