Mar 17, 2014
Yet. Another. Snow day. Greg Dworkin joins us in coming back from a weekend of Crimean voting and Malaysian plane searching to discuss the 2014 Senate outlook, perceptions of the economy and the healthcare system, and the Republican 2016 field. Forbes column says Obamacare is working & its opponents are wrong. Fun!...
Mar 14, 2014
Trigger warning: A good deal of morning chit-chat today! Medicare pays $172 million for penis pumps, which John Tyler never needed, and someone's trying to beat Amazon to the punch on drone deliveries. Armando joined in the chit-chat, adding to the mix some discussion of controversial new Vox.com hire, and an odd...
Mar 13, 2014
The morning's chit-chat topic: Amazon Prime is raising its membership price, though the service has pretty much been a total bust for me, personally. Oh wells! Greg Dworkin poses the "Snowden Effect" question for the Pulitzers, and notes the growing Malaysian airliner mystery, "Americans Stick With Obamacare as...
Mar 12, 2014
We've got to go back to the ongoing CIA/Senate war today, especially with Joan McCarter joining us. Greg Dworkin dropped by first, and we started with that subject, as well as FL-13, the latest WSJ/NBC and Bloomberg polls, Obama's move on overtime pay, and Fernghazi. Joan weighs in on "Ferns" and FL-13 (with help...
Mar 11, 2014
Top Twitter talk of the day: President Obama on Zach Galifiniakis' "Between Two Ferns." Greg Dworkin discusses, and rounds up the New Yorker's profile of Peter Lanza, a big drop in the health care price index, the latest centrism/whatever tract, Boonstra debunked again, and a study showing pols vastly overestimate...