Dems To Go It Alone?
The government has failed to quickly reimburse car dealers for "cash for clunkers" sales, which is just another demonstration of why socializing medicine is such a terrible idea. [ Washington Post ]
Facing increasingly strident Republican opposition on healthcare reform, Democrats have concluded, "Well fuck you then." [ New York Times ]
Former HP head Carly Fiorina has a very thin voting record, which could impede her own run for Senate -- so she just needs to explain to the public that extremely wealthy businesspeople don't need tovote,because they have these things called "lobbyists" who have actual influence with politicians. [ San Francisco Chronicle ]
Afghanistan is holding a national election on Thursday, but will anybody turn out? Depends on how worried they are about suicide bombings and rocket attacks. [ VOA News ]
Former Bush administration officials, take note: in Taiwan, heads do actually roll when the government offers an unacceptably slow response to a natural disaster. [ AFP ]
Bad day in Baghdad -- at least 75 people have been killed and 310 injured following a series of bombing and mortar attacks. [ CNN ]