Carl is a professional journalist who has added a great deal to the News Journal and Mansfield NewsJournal.com in 16 years here ... We will miss him and wish him well.
We already know that Medicare is going broke in seven years
The Republicans have to choose: continue their hypocritical attacks on Medicare or show their true colors and refuse to give older Americans the relief they need. Either way, their credibility is shot and they can't do either effectively.
You rarely do have the leverage to make a fundamental change
The battle over abortion is threatening to derail the health care overhaul package in the Senate, as liberals refuse to accept new abortion restrictions demanded by key moderates, who say that without the limits, they are inclined to vote against the overall bill
With Senate Democrats and the White House courting Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, McConnell is working to keep her -- and the rest of his caucus -- in the ‘no’ column ... At the same time, McConnell is positioning his party to reap political benefit if what he believes will be a widely unpopular measure p...
Every new Democratic president wants to be [President Franklin Delano Roosevelt]
It's in their DNA to want to be the next FDR.
Our Democratic friends have 60 [votes] on paper - on paper - but many of them are beginning to understand they’re having to choose here between their constituents and the president’s desire to be FDR.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) said the comments were an indication that Reid was ‘cracking’ under the pressure of enacting healthcare reform.