Bob Bork says "wise Latina" comments should disqualify Judge Sotomayor from being appointed to the Supreme Court.
--Josh Marshall
The AMA just sent Rep. Rangel a letter saying they support the House Dems' health care reform bill. Public option and all.
--Josh Marshall
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--Josh Marshall
Abraham Foxman, on Obama's approach to the Israel-Palestine quagmire: "I continue to sense that the administration is putting too much weight on solving the conflict."
--David Kurtz
It turns out that Doug Hampton, the Senate staffer whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), did not report on his Senate disclosure form the $96,000 "gift" he and his wife received from Ensign's parents.
--David Kurtz
Zack Roth gets us up to speed on the latest developments surrounding that secret CIA assassination program hidden from Congress -- and a look at why it might have been so radioactive.
--David Kurtz
I find it kind of comical that Craig Crawford says that the upshot of the Sotomayor hearings is that Obama is now free to go "hard left" in his next Supreme Court appointment. But the rest of his post is actually right on target.
"Racially-tinged inferences, snide liberal bashing and the shameless pandering to anti-intellectual sentiment that once won the day for Republicans are now falling flat," he writes. Indeed, the attacks have "showcased just how narrow and out of touch their political base has become."
This is actually a very acute takeaway from this entire drama.
--Josh Marshall
Karenna Gore Schiff is knocking down a report in Roll Call today that she's looking at running for Congress from New York. A Gore family spokesperson tells TPMDC that Gore Schiff "has no intention of running for the House of Representatives."
--David Kurtz
Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) Tom Coburn (R-OK), both MDs, have an online show they cleverly call "The Senate Doctors Show."
It's a write-in show designed to pushback on health care reform. So no questions about your chronic skin condition or mystery ache or pain.
Late Update: TPM Reader MR has more pressing questions:
But will they be taking questions about personal relationships? You know, how I should tell my wife I'm having an affair, or how best to break off that affair, or how to reconcile with my wife and family after the affair becomes a major news story?
--David Kurtz
They might have gotten off to a slow start but it's pretty clear that the new media operation Obama had during his campaign is now set up in the White House and starting to hit on all cylinders. Here's an example: a tightly produced video of the President's visit to Ghana that's been posted to the White House website.
--David Kurtz
Is Lindsey Graham (R-SC) laying the groundwork for a "yes" vote on Sotomayor?
--David Kurtz
Al Gore, Jr.'s daughter, Karenna Gore Schiff, is reportedly eyeing the New York House seat expected to be vacated by Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) so that she can challenge Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY).
Late Update: Gore Schiff's spokesperson says not true, that she has "no intention" of running.
--David Kurtz
Robert Reich says the House got the tax equation right on health care reform.
Jon Taplin isn't so sure.
--Josh Marshall
The AP keeps reporting that the cost of the House health care bill will be $1.5 trillion -- even though the neutral Congressional Budget Office pegs it at 2/3 that much: $1 trillion.
Watch as Newt Gingrich and others pick up the AP's higher price tag and run with it.
--David Kurtz
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In a major development, the American Medical Association has come out in support, with a caveat, of the House health reform bill, which includes a public option.
"We shouldn't be restrained by an artificially compressed timeline," Sen. Snowe (R-ME) says.
JPMorgan Chase, which received TARP money, posted $2.7 billion in profits in the second quarter.
It's the most blatant form of Robin-Hood economics ever proposed. The universal health care bill reported by the House yesterday is the most direct redistribution to come from Congress.
Since the beginning of the Reagan era, this country has engaged in a deceitful dialogue about taxes. It's getting worse, not better.
The death of Robert McNamara has confronted the architects of another massive national catastrophe with a challenge: Will they also acknowledge their failings and confess the error of their ways?
We're too often peddled a phony choice between "big government" and "free markets." A wise society should be looking to find the right balance of both to serve its goals.
Take a step back and applaud the accomplishment of the House health care bill released yesterday - three committees agreed on a consensus draft backed by the leadership of the body.
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