A timeline, but I don't know that it really goes back far enough—this is a timeline of effects, not causalities.

This looks like it would be a lot of fun, but I don't have this kind of time AND I'm a big target.

Proud of my boys!

"This was and wasn't a partisan failure. Majority Leader Hoyer and Finance Committee chairman Frank, and Minority Leader Boehner were statesmanlike before the vote. Speaker Pelosi gave a partisan speech at the wrong time; it's indeed possible that it cost her 15 votes. Still, if those Republicans had been of stronger backbones and more nimble minds — and more mature than Pelosi, who, let's call it, gave a relatively tame, generic partisan speech — the bill would have passed. Those Republicans were looking for an excuse, and Pelosi gave it to them. It shouldn't matter what Pelosi says; the future of the Republican was at stake. (Newt on Air Force One, anyone?) Pelosi's not responsible for how House Republicans vote."

I'm probably participating in gotcha journalism by even linking to this.

"Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.

"It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss.

"What I didn’t realize was that it was also a ministry." We never quite know how we'll minister to others in our lives until we do it.

Looks like swing-seat Congresscritters were afraid of voting yes and getting voted out of office.

Just in case you wanted to see how your Congresscritters voted.

Since you can't get an interview with her …

No, I'm not bitter. AT ALL. NO, NOT ME.

Air the tapes, CBS. And air any dumb shit that Joe Biden says, too, in the interests of equal time. [Should be very easy finding Joe saying something dumb!]

Hee.