Kagro X explains why Bush is vetoing the Medicare bill.
Howie Klein explains why Debbie Wasserman-Schultz should not be in charge of the DCCC’s Red-to-Blue Program.
Marcy Wheeler commemorates the five-year anniversary of Robert Novak’s decision to out Valerie Plame.
Noam Scheiber is my Wanker of the Day. Everyone who writes about such things should have learned long ago that Joe Lieberman cannot be stripped of his committee chair and that his leaving the caucus will have no effect on who controls the Senate or the makeup and control of the committees. Simply put, the Democrats have no incentive to kick Lieberman out of the caucus other than to not have a mole sitting in their strategy sessions. And the Republicans would gain nothing from Lieberman’s decision to caucus with them other than to lose the narrative that they have bipartisan support. Lieberman will stay right where he is until next January. At that point, he’ll have to convince the Republicans to let him sit in on their caucuses and take one of their slots on committees. And the chances that they’ll trust him on domestic affairs are nil.
What are you reading in the blogosphere?
