Every year about this time, I start talking myself into believing that this will finally be the year that the Pirates have their first winning season since I was 10 years old. I even have a pathetic exercise where I go through the starting lineup and the rotation, and imagine the best-case scenario stat line [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mitch McConnell'
Health Care’s Winning Season?
March 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · AR, Politics, Sports
Tags: Barack Obama·Democrats·Harry Reid·health care·health care reform·hypocrisy·Mitch McConnell·Pittsburgh Pirates·reconciliation·Republican obstruction·Republicans
The State of the Union. . . Depends on Mitch McConnell Growing a Conscience
January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
My expectation going into last night’s State of the Union address was that the President would be bold and combative in tone, but timid and capitulatory in substance. In other words, that he would renew his call for victory on major issues like climate change and health care, but dramatically redefine what victory means in [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·climate change·gay rights·health care·health care reform·jobs·Mitch McConnell·Paul Krugman·Republicans·State of the Union