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Where Are All the Black Folks?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI was reading over some posts and comments about SCHIP last night, and something occurred to me. The two families who had been featured in ads favoring SCHIP were both white. By itself, not super-unusual, certainly from a statistical standpoint, but in context with other issues I had been thinking about it provided me with an illustrative springboard.I know the issue of race in America is a huge can of worms to open, so I will try to narrow the focus here a little bit. My unscientific observation is that black people seem to be missing from the political discussion at large, and conspicuously ...
SCHIP and Iraq and a Stark Contrast
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI am a l ittle bit surprised and slightly disappointed that the House narrowly failed to override President Bush's "Vee-Toe" of the SCHIP expansion today. As I stated in a previous post, I really thought that reason and political necessity would prevail. My disappointment is tempered somewhat by encouraging signs from the bill's bipartisan supporters that they will present this bill again, mostly intact, until it is law. Credit is due to the 44 Republicans who voted in favor of expanding SCHIP, and shame on the 2 Democrats, Jim Marshall of Georgia and Gene Taylor of Mississippi, who voted ...
SCHIP Debate Turns Ugly
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThere was an ugly exchange of words on the floor of the House today during the debate over the State Children's Health Insurance Program override vote. Democratic Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark (D-Calif.) was in control of the debate time for the Democratic side and he just couldn't seem to help himself in taking a few gratuitous shots at the president. His first broadside was the most egregious. Reacting to Republican arguments that the bill was too costly, Stark said:"Where are you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to ...
Bush on SCHIP: Insure Kids, Not Adults
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyHere's President Bush speaking for himself -- always a dangerous and exciting moment --- on on his SCHIP veto. He actually acquits himself quite well, arguing for his legitimate role in the process and cogently -- if impatiently -- explaining that under the current program half a million eligible kids haven't been reached, while in some states half the funds are being spent on adults. It's pretty obvious that he's right on the merits. It's been awhile since I've seen such a dramatic case of demagoguery in a situation where the debunking facts were so transparent. ...
Democrats Struggling to Enact Agenda
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyCongressional Democrats are having a hard time moving legislation seen as central to their agenda. Republicans in the minority in Congress have stubbornly fought Democratic attempts to enact key bills and forced them to tone down others. Today, the Democrats are widely expected to lose a vote on overriding President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, scoring a victory for the president and conservative Republicans. Yesterday, Democrats were forced to pull an intelligence bill from the floor after Republicans offered a motion that might have been politically ...
Tired of BullSCHIP From the Right
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIt's an understatement to say that the debate over the State Children's Health Insurance Program has devolved into chaos, with right-wingers attacking Graeme Frost and his family, and 2 year-old Bethany Wilkerson in an effort to mitigate any sympathy these children may have garnered for the revised SCHIP. Beyond the smears are criticisms suggesting that these children are being "used as lobbyists" by the left, a charge that might resonate with some, and a host of misleading (lying) conservative talking points against SCHIP.The Kaiser Foundation has a very good brief explaining SCHIP, click ...
Bush Approval Rating Bad, Congress Worse
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyA new poll shows the President's approval rating at an all time low. Frustration from the most ardent Bush administration critics, members of the impeachment movement who can't understand why the Democrats don't go for what looks like easy meat politically, is at an all time high. But even Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, is looking to the future, advising the next President on how to handle the Bush Administration.Problem is, Congress's approval ratings are even lower than Bush's. They don't have the votes to over turn the ...
Is an SCHIP Deal in the Works?
By Jonathan Berr - Politics DailyAfter all of the shouting and name calling it looks like a compromise may be in the works over the State Children's Health Insurance Program, according to Politico.com. It's about time. This nonsense has gone on long enough. You know things are bad when Paul Simon has to get involved. While both sides are posturing and holding heated press conferences as the SCHIP override vote approaches on Thursday, House and Senate aides have begun to discuss how to very modestly adjust the bill's language in order to lure just a dozen or so House Republicans to vote for the legislation and achieve a veto ...
Dem's SCHIP Capsizing
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailySurprise! Bush is outflanking the Dems on the SCHIP expansion battle. Don Surber flags this gem at USA Today, which buries the lede under a headline of "mixed feelings" on health care. The poll shows majorities favoring holding SCHIP to current levels, rather than expanding them into the middle middle class. A majority also fears that expanding SCHIP would induce people to drop their existing health coverage.In other words, majorities have seen through the shell game. These results, at the very least, will sustain the veto and force the Dems to come back with a more moderate proposal. ...
Dems Fling Non Sequiturs on SCHIP
By Eric Schulzke - Politics DailyLast week we were treated to an intense battle over SCHIP health care expansion, which would dramatically expand the program from the poor and lower middle class to the middle middle class and beyond, many of whom already have their own health care.To counter such charges, the Democrats trotted out a young man who was covered by SCHIP in Maryland, and who apparently would not lose anything if the program were simply renewed, rather than expanded. Critics of the expansion attacked the poster child, arguing that his family had more assets than many Americans and had made their own choices on ...
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