Is It About Health Care Or Partisan Gridlock?

Today we introduce our newest writer at The Conservative Reader, Brian Nygaard.  Brian and his wife Mary live in San Rafael, California. – Ed.

As the Healthcare debate in Congress was drawing to a close, Americans were asking themselves “Why

I note Mark Steyn, this morning:

Hillary Clinton, America’s secretary of state, was in Canada last week. She criticized Ottawa for not inviting aboriginal groups to a meeting on the Arctic, and for not including the facilitation of abortion in

Some comments on the events of last night, in no particular order:
The costs of this thing will be its undoing.  And ours, I suspect.  The move towards governmental power will invariably accelerate. Exponentially so, when given such a boost

Michelle is reporting:

Well, well, well. Breaking news all over that the Dems have now abandoned Demon Pass.

WaPo alert:

House Democratic leaders say they will take a separate vote on the Senate health care bill, rejecting an earlier,

Reynolds says this morning:

RASMUSSEN: 44% “Strongly Disapprove” of Obama; only 43% approve of Obama at all.

23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%)

Some women mellow out, others like Mrs. Clinton and ex-bunny, Gloria Steinem just get even nastier.  from Mary Milliken, Reuters:

At 76, Steinem laments elusive equality for women

As she turns 76 next week, the woman who walked the

Dan Riehls the Left, Riehl World View:

Isn’t It Time To Euthanize Reid’s Wife?

I’m not sure I quite understand this, given that cost is so important as a burden to taxpayers when it comes to health care.

It looks like Dumbo knows almost as much about running a car company as he does managing an economy, Bloomberg:

Motor Co. beat General Motors Co. in monthly sales in February for the first time since 1998, and GM

Just how dumb is Barack Obama, American Conservative:

I realize I’m just your average Joe Schmo, but I do know the difference between liability insurance and collision insurance. I also know that when another driver hits my car

Mrs Pelosi’s Swam, Ja1ed Allen, Hill:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she’s once again sticking by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) — at least for now.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a Friday press conference that she had not yet read

Will the Senator accept the terms and limitations of Obamacare, WNYC:

NEW YORK, NY February 19, 2010 —New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, 86, has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Lautenberg will undergo six to eight chemotherapy treatments, in

Mary Mitchell, Sun-Times(Chicago)

That is why I find the billboard campaign that targets black women with a frightening anti-abortion message disturbing.

The ad, which has gone up across Atlanta, features a beautiful black baby and the words: Black Children

Harold Ford, Jr, Tax Cheat, John Cook, Gawker:

When it comes to his shadow run for Senate, Harold Ford is a New Yorker through and through. When it comes to paying taxes, though, he’s still a Tennessean —

Well, friends, tonight could