Attached is video of a remarkable moment on the floor of the House where California Congresswoman Jackie Speier tears Jersey's Christopher Smith a well-deserved new one, while talking about her own late term abortion:
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) In Opposition to the Pence Amendment www.youtube.com
Apparently, Speier’s not a big fan of Kool-Aid, whether organic or rhetorical. Jackie Speier: 5 Facts About the Congresswoman Who Discussed Her Abortion [VIDEO] www.aolnews.com
GOP votes to increase the number of abortions. Republican-Led U.S. House of Representatives Approves Ban On Federal Aid To Planned Parenthood | NJD www.njdc.org
Stop picking on Palin; if we determined a creature’s species by its IQ, then Sarah's children could legitimately claim to have been raised from their infancy on cow's milk. PostPartisan – Palin hits Michelle Obama on breast feeding voices.washingtonpost.com
Collins dances around the real message here; this is not about deficits; this is Kulturkampf. The latest shot in the war of attrition between the New Tolerant Intolerance in its battle with the undefined, evil "Other" (otherwise known as urban and urbane modernity). Sacred Cows, Angry Birds www.nytimes.com
Deficit reduction now? Consider the alternatives. Ezra Klein – A good moment for a grand bargain? voices.washingtonpost.com
As a proud opponent of LIFO, I'm not invariably on the side of public employee unions, and I can personally attest the NYS public employees contribute too little to their pensions, but as to Wisconsin, Chait (another not invariable union ally) gets it exactly right: "…what's actually going on in Wisconsin is a selective, politically-motivated attempt to end collective bargaining altogether in state government." Who's Right In Wisconsin? | The New Republic www.tnr.com
Because Klein opposed the GOP Filibusters of HCR and the rest of the Obama agenda, he has the standing to criticize the Democratic walk-out in Madison as being anti-democratic. But any Republican making this critique should be given a public spanking. Wisconsin: The Hemlock Revolution – Swampland – TIME.com swampland.blogs.time.com
We Centrist Democrats are, as ever, alive, well and a decidedly mixed bag. DLC Shutting Down? Third Way Is the Democrats' True Centrist Powerhouse www.thedailybeast.com
LA has never had a Jewish Mayor, but three of the frontrunners in its next mayoral race are Jews; one of them is even a non-Hispanic white. Zev Yaroslavsky: From Soviet Jewry Activist to L.A. Mayor? – Forward.com www.forward.com
Goldberg asks when the Zionist right will stop whining (unfairly) about Obama, and raises other pertinent questions. Obama Does Bibi a Big Favor – Jeffrey Goldberg – International – The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com
My preference would be that David become substitute host on “Real Time” for the weeks Bill Maher is off, and that Eliot become Special Prosecutor for abuses in the Financial Services sector. Paterson Pitches For Spitzer’s Job www.capitaltonight.com