Obama winning?
Anyone who doubts that President Obama has a solid lead, should simply watch This Week this morning.The media desperately wants a close election, don't you think?Well, if you had any doubts about...
View ArticleA quick note about Romneycare/ACA
Many of you have heard about the fall of 38 Studios, a company with which I was quite involved for the last few years, working as a consultant (COW - Creator of Worlds...Moo).Well, with the sudden...
View ArticleMedical Loss Rebate (MLR)
Okay, I am not kidding here - I just got a letter from the Chamber of Commerce (my local one, not the one that's always in the news), from whom I purchase my Tufts health insurance, as a small...
View ArticlePlease Read - Warren v. Brown
Here comes the kitchen sink. Republicans are freaking out. They know they've lost the White House again, so all that money will come pouring down on close Senate/House races...Elizabeth Warren is...
View ArticleNate at 538...WHOA!
Just clicking through and saw Nate putting Obama at 80.8 now with 303.2 EV's.Florida is down to 55.2 for Romney (bet it goes lower as some of the stronger, older polls drop off) and Virginia is up to...
View ArticleMy closing argument
(for what it's worth)I believe that I've swung at least a dozen people this election cycle, at least from what they've told me. More importantly, there are at least two people who seem to have awakened...
View ArticleThe Great Shrinking GOP
We've seen all the stories about how the GOP must change, or what they must or must not say, and all the rest, but the truth is, the Republican Party has a bigger problem on its hands than a damaged...
View ArticleBeautiful Boston
I put this up on my Facebook page, so I thought I'd share it here. I know this area of Boston quite well - I'm there 50 times a year. You can't help but feel like you're a part of something bigger when...
View ArticleMy Hair Won't Ignite...
To be perfectly honest, for the most part, I feel a general blase about the NSA "revelations." I know that as a good liberal, I'm supposed to be up in arms about this intrusive Big Brother...
View ArticleNefarious letters about PPACA
Okay, I keep seeing people posting on Facebook and message boards and comments' sections of news stories, claiming that that they got a letter from their insurance company saying they're getting hosed...
View Article3.8%
I never see this discussed on the news, the pundit shows, or anywhere else.Want to know the dirty little secret about why the wealthy hate Obamacare?3.8%We hear the right-wing screaming all the time...
View ArticleCan we have an honest discussion
about insurance premiums, pre and post-ACA?I'm very interested in this and am trying to learn more about it.My pre-ACA premiums for a silver plan equivalent here in Massachusetts for myself and my wife...
View ArticleScreaming at Chris Hayes! (Updated with Link)
I haven't watched MSNBC in a while...or any political TV, for that matter.I just got to the point where so many things had become so obvious - we're talking a mountain of evidence here and not a...
View ArticleThe (Al) Gorification of Neil deGrasse Tyson
I've seen this play before. It doesn't end well.The people over at The Federalist are on a mission from Go...err, Koch. They are out to destroy Neil deGrasse Tyson.Why? Well, The Federalist is one of...
View ArticleSir Robin for Senate Minority Leader
Here's a short diary - probably doesn't even qualify as a diary.I don't care, I'm writing it anyway.Right after reading the liveblog covering President Obama's press conference today, where there was a...
View ArticleCan we have an honest discussion about ACA?
This diary - more of a question - was inspired by this comment:"The individual insurance market is still quite tiny. And in any given state, the number of people receiving subsidies is quite small...
View ArticleDear Erik Conway..."Merchants of Doubt"
So last night, I finally saw "Merchants of Doubt."Never mind the clarity and information presented regarding my "pet" subject, Anthropogenic Global Climate Change," (which is why I was so interested in...
View ArticleAnd while we PIE FIGHT
about the Bern vs. HRC, the PNAC crowd is pushing the country toward war.The commercials run every night, the links splatter the Facebook Pages of every conservative, as the Kristols and Senors and...
View ArticleI would have voted for the AUMF...
I guess I’m committing DailyKos/left-wing credential suicide here in admitting this, but it’s the truth: in October, 2002, had I been a US Senator, I would very likely have voted in favor of the AUMF....
View ArticleThe Long Knives of Trump
Umm, yeah...Bill Weld is a Republican...elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1990 (I voted for him) and again, by the largest margin ever, in 1994 (I voted for him again).He's a fiscal conservative and...
View Article