Scott Brown Wants to Make It Official

Staff / Truthdig Feb 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 )

Sen. Brown Goes to Washington

Staff / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Ted on Arrival

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Losing the Health Care Battle Is Not an Option

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 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 )

What Massachusetts Got Right

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Massachusetts Senate Race Heats Up

Staff / Truthdig Jan 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 )

Where Does the Caving End?

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Nov 12, 2009 If pro-choice Democrats turn back reproductive rights, it proves that they can be rolled by intransigent opposition. And once rolled, it's all downhill. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Harkin Sees a Public Option in Health Bill’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2009 Those two little words keep popping up amid all the chatter about health care reform, and here they are again, thanks to Sen. Tom Harkin, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee: "public option." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Health Care Reform: ‘A Fait Accompli’?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2009 For a long while it seemed as if health care reform was progressing, if at all, at the speed of molasses. Now here comes The New Republic's Jonathan Chait with his startling pronouncement that "it’s just quietly turned into a fait accompli." Wait, what? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Looks for Life After Teddy

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Sep 28, 2009 All the Democrats running to replace the late senator are on a Be-Like-Ted ticket, but there are degrees of Ted-ness. Who will win the heart of this state that loves liberals, tradition and Kennedys? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Byrd’s Health a Factor for Health Reform?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 Not to be morbid or insensitive, but the succession of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat got us thinking about another Democrat among the 60 probably needed to push through health care reform. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Close to Replacing Kennedy With a Temp

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2009 Democrats would like an interim senator to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes until a January election provides a more permanent solution, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to give Gov. Deval Patrick the power to appoint just such a person. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )