http://www.bluestateupdate.com Making a Case for the Blue States Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:23:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This needs to be heard: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/12/obama-losing-base-with-good-reason/ Wow. It passed. We'll see what Reid can do in the Senate, but sweeping healthcare reform has passed in the House. Victory over the forces of fear. Check out the whole story on Huffington Post, including links to video of the final vote. http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/11/house-passes-sweeping-healthcare-reform/ This is one of the best examples I've ever seen of a host and a guest actually discussing an issue and not getting defensive, not getting angry, not shouting over each other, but getting both sides across. I even think Rachel goes a little too far in almost accusing Ridge ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/09/can-we-discuss-healthcare-like-this/ Glenn Beck, now freed from the constraints of his advertisers, has gone off the deep end and is now claiming (with the help of his guests) that Obama has plans to create a national security force for his own personal use, and equates this to what Saddam Hussein did when ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/08/beck-unleashed/ I just knew this was going to happen. As soon as Ted Kennedy died, some right-wing nutjob was going to start the Wellstone comparisons. No matter WHAT the tone of Kennedy's memorial, someone would start telling the story of how the Democrats were exploiting Kennedy to pass a healthcare bill. Sure ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/08/wait-for-it/ I find it interesting that the states with the most uninsured citizens are the same states that have high percentages of people who believe the lies fed to them about the healthcare bills under consideration. Yes, what a surprise that these states also happen to be heartland America, the places ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/08/isnt-it-curious/