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Fiorina's fundraising kickoff

Josh Kraushaar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:34:00 -0700

Costing the health care bills

(author unknown) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:18:34 -0700

Paranormal Legislative Activity

Jake Brewer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:29:04 -0700

Some really weird stuff went down when Sunlight gave a Congressional bill and a camera to a local couple. Please watch this and share. Totally unexplainable.

Get Congress Out of the Net Neutrality Debate, Please

Stacey Higginbotham — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:07 -0700

The Democrats’ efforts to preserve our Internet freedom through net neutrality legislation needs more help, according to U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who held a press conference today in order to recruit more sponsors for his net neutrality bill and petition more citizens to make their views known on the topic. But after listening to Markey and the other folks on the call, I think that now, more than ever, Congress needs to stay out of legislating net neutrality.

The trouble with highly technical issues like network neutrality is that they’re complicated, and Congress isn’t an ideal place to solve complicated — and constantly evolving — issues (unless we let the telco lobbyists write the legislation). Net neutrality isn’t a political issue, it’s an economic one. The key is ensuring that telecommunications firms don’t discriminate against certain kinds of traffic, especially traffic coming over the Internet that might compete with products the ISPs already offer, as well as that folks trying to offer a web-based service don’t have to pay a toll to offer it to consumers. The benefits of such openness accrue to consumers as well as to companies trying to build businesses on the Internet.

Given how complicated it is to manage a network, and to figure out how to deliver all of the packets flowing over the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission is a far better organization to address this issue. Through the notice of proposed rulemaking issued last week, the FCC is putting in place a multimonth process that will seek input from engineers, the aforementioned telco lobbyists, consumers and even the civil rights groups. That conversation will be far more nuanced and subject to less grandstanding than the debate in Congress. For a good example of those nuances, check out our new GigaOM Pro piece (subscription required) on net neutrality, which both acknowledges that traffic discrimination will have to take place, and debates how that should work.

Idaho's First Congressional District - Another Battle for the GOP's Soul

Charles Lemos — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:11:25 -0700

Video: RomneyCare was never about lowering costs, says Mitt

Allahpundit — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:45:06 -0700

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LeMunyon Need for Change

Centre View - VA,USA — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:58 -0700

He willing to do whatever it takes and he is always there when you ask him for something," said Stecklie, who has lived three doors down from LeMunyon for ...

Internet can kill you. Especially if you are liberal.

Evgeny Morozov — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:56:56 -0700

US: 2012 Pres (CNN 10/16-18)

pollster.emily@gmail.com (Emily Swanson) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:53 -0700

Wednesday Open Thread: Statue of Liberty Edition

Publius — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:30:31 -0700

Today, in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty:

You know, back when we were hopeful about the future and welcomed immigrants…

Leaked Internal House Leadership Whip Count Shows 47 Dems at No, 8 Leaning No and 12 Undecided

Dan Perrin (Profile) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:40 -0700

Bazooka Joe Torpedoes Democrats on HealthCare Reform

David Brody — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:45:17 -0700

The Weekly Standard

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:04:14 -0700

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THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that veteran and widely-respected Rep. Tom Cole (R, Okla.), former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee and a member of the GOP Steering Committee and a Deputy GOP House Whip, will be endorsing Doug Hoffman in the NY-23 race.

What Recovery? 937,840 Foreclosures Q3 [Hot Infographics]

Ben Popken — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:44:36 -0700

Fox's Ratings Bump--Don't Just Credit The White House War

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:44:07 -0700