Tom Friedman:
Of course, Watson has unique golfing skills, but if you are a baby boomer you could not help but look at him and say something you would never say about Tiger or Kobe: "He’s my age; he’s my build; he’s my height; and he even had his hip replaced like me. If he can do that, maybe I can do something like that, too."
The next six months will be crucial to get in shape.
Maureen Dowd:
As McCain pal and Republican strategist Mike Murphy so sagely observed recently: "If Sarah Palin looked like Golda Meir, would we even be talking about her today?"
Sarah should follow her own advice to Hillary and work harder to be capable. Until then, she’s all cage, no bird.
WaPo behind the numbers: But can she cook? "Homemaker" seems to be the best suited job for Pain, according to the public. Yes, that's right. Only 12% of Republicans think President's her best next job, and only 4% of independents (6% of the public overall thinks that President should be her next job.)
But, hey, conservatives love her!! That's worth something, eh?
Speaking of polling...
That said, I think these results tend to confirm that the Washington debate over health care reform remains distant from the rich, personal experiences that Americans have with the health care system and health insurance. On this score, that TNR editorial gets it exactly right:
[S]omething strange, and not entirely welcome, has happened in the last few weeks: The focus on policy minutiae has crowded out part of the big picture. Health care has become almost entirely a technical discussion, rather than a personal one. It's all about deficit neutrality and bending the curve, instead of making sure every American can get affordable medical care.
See also:
For example, many people like their health care plan but support a public option just in case they lose their job. So when people say they're "satisfied," argues Mark Blumenthal of Pollster.com, "It's, I'm satisfied, please dear God don't take it away."
Harold Meyerson: This is better care?
Congress, it's now clear, is crafting two quite different kinds of health-care reform. And the day that President Obama has to choose between them grows near.
Pittsburgh is only three two weeks away! Here's a Netroots Nation panel featuring Daily Kos front pager Laura Clawson:
Leveraging Strength: Effective Collaboration Between Online and Offline Organizations and Activists
Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:30am, 311
View the full Netroots Nation Agenda