You've probably heard a lot of talk about Kagan not having a paper trail. It's not true. In fact, she has a long paper trail. The only question is whether the senators who vote on her confirmation will be allowed to see it.
UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- With just five days until the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, the battle between Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak may hinge on the state's vast and mostly rural western region, where many undecided voters will have to choose between an anti-Washington newcomer and a flawed, but useful incumbent.
White House efforts to tout the rollout of President Obama's health care program this week were brought up short by an independent government analysis showing the plan will cost $115 billion more than advertised.
I expect President Obama will frame this one, too, as a battle against the special interests, but maybe this time, the press won’t be fooled as badly.
Here is a paragraph from the conclusion:
The story is a sad but also a chastening one for those who, more than half a century after socialism's decline, still wish to change America. Radicals have often succumbed to the devastating bane of sectarianism; it is easier, after all, to fight one's fellows than it is'to battle an entrenched and powerful' foe. Yet if 'the history of Local New York shows anything, it is that American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.
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