Staff / TruthdigFeb 25, 2010
By the way that Bill O'Reilly talks about "the media" with George Stephanopoulos in this clip, you'd think he wasn't a part of it. According to O'Reilly, "the media presents a distorted picture to Americans" about politics, "because they seize upon the loons on both the left and the right." (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 23, 2010
So this is what he meant when he called himself a "Scott Brown Republican." Brown, the Senate's newest member, who upset Martha Coakley last month to win the late Ted Kennedy's seat, is making an auspicious voting debut by siding with Democrats in support of a jobs bill. That didn't go over well with some conservatives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 4, 2010
Just a day after their motivational session with President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats got back to the task of regaining some lost political capital, making a bid to better their situation and that of out-of-work Americans by introducing a job-creation package -- on the same day, the Los Angeles Times noted, that Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown was to be sworn in. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigFeb 4, 2010
He's already the stuff of "SNL" parodies, so Massachusetts' newly minted Sen.-elect Scott Brown might as well go ahead and drop the "-elect" part from his title. Brown sent letters to state officials Wednesday prodding them to get on with the election certification process so he could be sworn in Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigFeb 2, 2010
When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected senator from Massachusetts, describe himself as a "Scott Brown Republican," I groaned. It sounded as if he's coming to Washington to be part of the problem, not part of the solution.When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected Massachusetts senator, describe himself as a "Scott Brown Republican," I groaned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 23, 2010
Let it be known that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is not a fan of Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown. In turn, let it be known that Jon Stewart is not pleased by Olbermann's apparent descent into "the fetid swamp of baseless name-calling" -- except, that is, for his creatively crass description of Rush Limbaugh. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 22, 2010
Fresh off pulling off a major upset in Massachusetts, newly elected U.S. Sen. Scott Brown on Thursday made his way to the nation's capital, where he reflected to the press about what he believes won voters to his side, what he likes about President Barack Obama and how close his ties are (or aren't) to the right-wing, tea-party movement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJan 21, 2010
Just pass the damn thing If the health care bill fails, President Barack Obama’s legacy could be limited to the failing war in Afghanistan Worse yet, many thousands more Americans will die because they don’t have adequate medical care. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJan 20, 2010
The president got creamed in Massachusetts. No amount of blaming this disastrous outcome on the weaknesses of the local Democratic candidate or her Republican opponent’s strengths can gainsay that fact.
Obama’s opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our health care concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2010
Well, the Democrats really made a donkey out of this one. The Commonwealth of Taxachusetts, as it's known among tea-partiers, will now have a Republican senator. That means the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority -- which only amounted to doing Joe Lieberman's bidding, anyway -- is over. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 16, 2010
He's not your, er, conventional Republican -- having spent part of his childhood being raised by a bona fide welfare mom, not to mention posing nude during law school -- but regardless, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown could pose a serious challenge to his Democratic opponent, Martha Coakley, in the race to fill the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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