http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Senator Landrieu and Senator Lincoln have announced they would give their vote to Senator Reid and the White House to allow ObamaCare to the Senate floor. For the group of U.S. Senators up in 2010 — the ones facing the independent voters that turned 2:1 against the Democrats in the New ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/21/every-dem-senator-up-in-2010-cast-the-winning-vote/ From a reliable staffer: Phone calls are not going through at all now. Try calling my phone or any phone. It is not even the switchboard anymore. The entire Senate phone system has collapsed. Keep melting the phones! http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/20/senate-phone-system-collapses-every-phone/ Michael E. Hammond is one of three mentors I have been lucky enough to work for during my career. When I worked for him, he was the General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Steering Committee. He has run for Congress twice in New Hampshire and is now the General Counsel ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/20/hammond-section-by-section-analysis-of-the-reid-bill/ Keep up the calls! Quoting the email: CIO Customer Service Bulletin – Problem Notification -- Assistant Sergeant at Arms; Chief Information Officer Date: November 20, 2009 Time: 11:30 AM Affected Service: Telephones Problem/Symptom/Status: We are experiencing a high volume of calls which is having an impact on call transfers and voice mail. ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/20/internal-senate-email-inbound-calls-choke-phones/ HOE-HOE-HOE, oh, it’s not Christmas — yet. But Harry Reid is playing the sit-on-my-lap-Santa to lap-dog Senator Mary Landrieu, with a $100 million surprise. (They look so cute.) Why not buy Senator Landrieu for $100 million, since the United States is electronically creating $1 trillion a year to finance ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/20/the-buying-of-mary-landrieu/ So what is up with the Senate rules, anyway? What does Senator Reid have to do to pass ObamaCare? And why does he need to get 60 votes twice — even before he a) gets to consider any health care bill on the Senate floor, and b) before he can ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/19/filibusternomics-101-like-freakenomics-but-for-the-us-senate/ One of the many alerts that went out today from Gun Owners of America: This is Crunch Time on ObamaCare -- Urge Senator Evan Bayh to tell Harry Reid “I’m not your puppet!” Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/19/gun-alert-on-the-reid-bill-mandates-create-gun-health-database/ From “Circling Sharks Smell American Blood:” “Our dollar is crashing, while the price of gold is soaring. The budget deficit has never been worse - and the president wants to float even more debt for health-care and energy initiatives. “By the end of this ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/19/other-than-that-everything-is-fine/ Sen. Lieberman is setting steel rebar and hardened concrete around his threat to filibuster the public option. From Politico: “It’s classic politics of our time that if you look at the campaign last year, presidential, you can’t find a mention of public option,” Lieberman said. “It was added ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/19/sen-lieberman-gives-dems-the-middle-finger-on-the-public-option/ James Pethokoukis of Reuters is at it again, subversion-via-blog. So in the little sit down with the President, the Chinese made clear they did not believe a word of the President's promises about ObamaCare not adding to the deficit. The Chinese asked uncomfortable questions about the cost of ObamaCare: Guess what? It turns ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/18/you-you-you-spend-too-much/ For those attempting to figure out what is in the Senate ObamaCare bill, you are in the company of 99 U.S. Senators who have not seen the bill. At least that is what today's New York Times is reporting: "frustration has been growing among some lawmakers over the delay, especially ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/16/senator-reids-vapor-bill-still-unseen/ Dem Senators are peeling off of President Obama's government takeover of health care and its liberal fantasy land that spends more than a trillion and contains hundreds of billions in new taxes. As James Carville told CNN, President Obama only has 57 votes. Reuters James Pethokoukis is reporting that Senators ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/14/carville-only-57-votes-for-obamacare-in-the-senate/ It's worth the 45 seconds. http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/13/video-what-if-everything-worked-like-health-care/ Michael E. Hammond is one of three mentors I have been lucky enough to work for during my career. When I worked for him he was the General Counsel of the U.S. Senate Steering Committee, he has run for Congress twice in New Hampshire and is now the General ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/13/hammond-where-we-are-on-obamacare/ Dem irrational behavior on health care continues — Senator Reid wants to decrease Medicare by half a trillion, and increase the Medicare payroll tax. From today’s New York Times: "Reid Mulls Medicare Tax Increase." Uh, huh. (Dem Lemmings Unite!) http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/13/i-am-not-making-this-up/ When are the Democrats going to start cracking some heads over those who have been egging them off the cliff called health care reform? Answer: when they lose some elections. Oh, they did lose elections in VA and NJ -- only twice in the history of Virgina has the GOP taken all ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/13/mr-pass-health-care-with-the-public-option-now-wants-congress-to-pay-for-jobs/ From Zogby: “A majority of likely voters (72%) believe that a modern American electoral tradition will hold and the President’s party will lose seats in the upcoming 2010 Congressional elections. Forty-one percent of likely voters believe the Democrats will lose seats, but not ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/11/the-wisdom-of-the-masses-72-of-likely-voters-say-dems-will-lose-seats-in-2010/ Robert Costa has written an interesting piece about the many things that could kill ObamaCare in the U.S. Senate. It’s true, the patient known as ObamaCare is looking blue and convulsing on the table as Senators Reid and Durbin wonder what to do about these many symptoms (per Costa): 1. ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/11/likely-causes-of-the-death-of-obamacare/ Scalpel! Senator Reid’s very qualified and really one of the best press guys in the city, announced yesterday that Senator Reid has filed the paperwork so the he will be able to proceed to the cloture motion on the motion to proceed next week. This means that if Senator Reid gets 60 ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/11/senator-nelson-d-ne-itll-never-get-here/ (And now for something completely different) today's news that the Vatican is searching the Heavens for alien life follows previous announcements by the Vatican that belief in the existence of alien life and belief in Christianity are not incompatible. Wow. Yeah. So if you are the head of one of ... http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2009/11/11/vatican-searches-the-heavens-for-alien-life-really-really-really/