Tag Archives: Kent Conrad

Why Hasn't Kent Conrad Retired Yet?

Posted on April 27, 2011 at 12:14 pm by Bob Cesca

Oy, oy, oy. Kent Conrad is willing to meet Paul Ryan halfway on his awful, awful budget proposal. Politico reports: Conrad, considered a fiscal conservative among Democrats, suggests he will stake out the middle ground in between the visions of … Continue reading →

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Ridiculous Headline of the Day

Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:55 am by Bob Cesca

Oh boy! Kent Conrad is back in the news. Headline: Sen. Conrad: Extend All Tax Cuts; Time to Get ‘Serious’ About Deficit Uh. Yeah. Kent Conrad is a the chairman of the Budget Committee. We’re screwed.

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Fiscal Hawkery

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 6:42 pm by Bob Cesca

Someone needs to show this graph to Kent Conrad and all of the Republicans who are screeching about the deficit.

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Worst Person

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 9:47 am by Bob Cesca

Is there any right-wing meme that Kent Conrad won’t repeat? This time, he agrees with the GOP that the Bush tax cuts — all of them — should be made permanent, and not paid for. This is the guy who … Continue reading →

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Super Stupid

Posted on March 1, 2010 at 9:02 pm by Bob Cesca

The press. Most of it. Kent Conrad, yesterday, said, “Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform.” And everyone in the press freaked out. But Conrad is correct, insofar as the Democrats aren’t trying to do that. The … Continue reading →

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Superman vs. Bizarro Superman

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 2:58 pm by Bob Cesca

I’ve been grappling with this conflicting agenda for most of the last several months, but today it seems more obvious than most. How, specifically, does the White House plan to focus on creating jobs when it’s also focusing on deficit … Continue reading →

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Kent Conrad Just Won't Quit

Posted on December 9, 2009 at 5:18 pm by Bob Cesca

There are literally seven hospitals in all of North Dakota that accept Medicare. And because of those seven, Kent Conrad wants to monkey with the Medicare buy-in. Kent Conrad is pushing to decouple this Medicare buy-in from Medicare. Conrad wants … Continue reading →

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Conservadem Doofery

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 8:27 pm by Bob Cesca

This hasn’t received nearly as much attention as it should have. For some time now, one of the most hands-on Democratic senators involved in the healthcare reform effort has been Kent Conrad. Here’s the thing. He’s alarmingly misinformed about major … Continue reading →

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The Senate Bill

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 6:23 pm by Bob Cesca

The CBO says it’ll cost $849 billion over ten years and cover 31 million additional people. Also, it reduces the deficit more than the House bill. Oh, and Kent Conrad confirmed that’s the opt-out public option is in there, along … Continue reading →

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Super Stupid

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 2:45 pm by Bob Cesca

This is just staggeringly dumb. Sens. Conrad, Gregg, Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) publicly vowed to vote against raising the debt ceiling if a budget reform … Continue reading →

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