Morning Briefing
For October 28, 2013
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1. Obamacare and the “Governing” Trap
One of the most reliable features of the DC ruling class is having raised “governing” to a fetish.
Contrary to the line being pushed into the
conventional wisdom by the Ruling Class, the government shutdown was
much more than a disagreement over tactics [The Budget Shutdown Was
About Ideology Not Tactics], it marked a deep ideological divide within
the GOP between those who strive to govern for its own sake and those
that believe governance must emanate from principle. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. #Obamacare watch: How the Democrats threw a pregnant woman off her insurance.
All in the name of “helping” her, of course. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Democrats resolutely ignoring #Obamacare gnawing on their electoral entrails.
There
are times when I wonder whether Barack Obama really wants the Democrats
to retake the House of Representatives. Aside from everything else (with
‘everything else’ ranging from ‘the Democrats would have to strain to
pretend to be moderates again’ to ‘Obama would lose his favorite devil
figures’), it’d mean that Barack Obama would have to interact more with…
with… with Debbie. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Powerful Boston Teamster Boss Faces Suspension For Threatening To ‘Punish’ Members
In the
mid 1980s, the President’s Commission on Organized Crime issued a report
stating that the four major labor unions were under the influence of
organized crime and run undemocratically at the detriment of their
members. At the top of the list was the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
In 1989,
in order to settle a RICO suit by the U.S. Justice Department, the
Teamsters’ International Executive Board entered into a consent decree,
agreeing to federal oversight. This Justice Department’s oversight
continues to this day–principally through an Independent Review Board. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should check his House in-box. #obamacare
There
are any number of House bills that were duly passed in the last few
months that happen to deal with handling the individual mandate. Including,
I believe, one from September 30th, which in retrospect is a deal that
Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, and Jeanne Shaheen
(at the very least) kind of wish that the Senate Majority Leader had
taken, given that Reid is playing fire with their political careers
right now. At
any rate: if the Senate decides to pursue an individual mandate delay
anyway, well, the House has done its job; now let Harry Reid do his, and
hammer it all out in conference the way it’s supposed to be done. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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