found drama

• Waterloo
  And to keep it balanced, a quote from FrumForum:

  This time, when we went for all the marbles, we ended with none.

  UPDATED: looking at this again, this here might be the more relevant pull quote ¹:

  Could a deal have been reached? Who knows? But we do know that the gap between this plan and traditional Republican ideas is not very big. The Obama plan has a broad family resemblance to Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts plan. It builds on ideas developed at the Heritage Foundation in the early 1990s that formed the basis for Republican counter-proposals to Clintoncare in 1993-1994. […] Barack Obama badly wanted Republican votes for his plan.

  And perhaps that was the take-home lesson about the Republican obstructionism? and why they all voted “nay”? Because in their heart-of-hearts they knew that they could live with the outcome either way ²?

  (tagged: hcr health history law politics )
• Results Are All That Matter
  at Talking Points Memo:

  Again, I don’t want to paint any rosy pictures. And, as I said, I don’t want to hazard any predictions. But I think this conventional wisdom is quite mistaken. Hard fought victories don’t deplete political capital; they build it. And political wins themselves often have a catalyzing effect that shapes political opinion far more than we realize.

  (tagged: health hcr politics )
• For Consumers, Some Clarity on Health Care Changes
  at NYTimes.com:

  Here is a look at some of the main ways the health care overhaul might affect household budgets.

  (tagged: health hcr news politics )
• House Approves Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama
  at NYTimes.com:

  “This isn’t radical reform,” he added, “but it is major reform.”

  (tagged: health politics hcr )
• Health Care Reform Reax
  at The Daily Dish (by Andrew Sullivan; via DF) – good round-up of responses to last night’s historic passage
  (tagged: health politics hcr )
• Guinness Chocolate Pudding or “Chocolate Guinness Goodness”
  at Sprinkle Bakes – what could be better?
  (tagged: Guinness beer cooking food recipe todo )
• A Poster for Your Profession: The Dreaded Killer Jellyfish of Graphic Design Favors
  at ReadyMade Editors’ Notes (via S. McC.) – nyuk-nyuk-nyuk…
  (tagged: humor design )

1. Though it’s not a pithy and fun little sound-bite, either…[↩]
2. And perhaps that makes them even more cowardly and obnoxious?[↩]

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