The Best Christmas Present Ever: Senator DeMint Objects to the Appointment of the Conferees

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  December 24th at 12:39 PM  | 

When Senator DeMint engineered, and Republican Leader McConnell actually objected to the appointment of the conferees, he was really handing the ball off to the left wingers — progressives if you will — and now they have their shot to either hold their own clan members who are against the Senate compromises and force them to vote No, or have their policy demands be ignored | Read More »

The Pelosi Bill: Cost, Mandates and Taxes

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  October 31st at 08:52 AM  | 

MEMORANDUM EXCLUSIVE FOR REDSTATERS FROM: Michael Hammond RE: The Pelosi Bill -The real cost of the bill is at least $1.3 trillion (the CBO score, plus the “doc fix”) –- and probably much, much more. -The absolute minimum increase in the deficit would be $150 billion. You can probably add to this most of the $426 billion in supposed Medicare “cuts,” plus the substantial overruns | Read More »

The Real Problem with Health Care Reform is the Mandates, Not the Public Option

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  August 23rd at 01:12 PM  | 

Periodically, I will be posting writings by Honeymoon with a Black Widow, here is the first: An increasing danger with health care reform is that President Obama will make strategic concessions with respect to the public option and the “millionaires’ tax” — leaving in place the so called non-controversial items like the individual mandate, outlawing pre-existing conditions from being considered by insurance companies, and, perhaps, | Read More »