Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system dont kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election. – Eric Alterman
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. – Eric Alterman
For the past eight years, the right has been better at working the refs. Now the left is learning how to play the game. – Eric Alterman
If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets – without the hope for those folks at the very pinnacle of the financial food chain – who average nearly $24 million a year in income – next year. – Eric Alterman
If Obamacare is allowed to stand – and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory – there will be no meaningful limit on Washingtons reach into the lives of the American people. That is certainly not what the Founders intended. – John Cornyn