Posts by Aaron Wiener

Over a complete Republican boycott, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed its climate bill last week by a vote of 11-1. The lone dissenter was Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) — a name you’ll be hearing a lot more if you’re keeping tabs on the climate debate. Baucus chairs the powerful Finance Committee and [...]

Patience worn thin, gay activists are organizing a boycott of the DNC.
National Review puts Krauthammer on a pedestal.
Pro-choice Dems promise a “firestorm” over the Stupak abortion amendment.
Huckabee: I’m “not nearly as attractive” as Palin, but I’m “very serious.”
And yet he remains a heartthrob among some circles of female voters.
Will Florida become the next NY-23? Club [...]

The unemployment numbers spell trouble for Dems in the midterms.
DeMint dismisses Cornyn’s “big tent” strategy.
And in response to assurances on Honduras, he drops his hold on two Obama nominees.
Don’t read too much into Hasan’s shouts of “Allahu Akbar.”
Yesterday’s EPW vote means the climate bill’s in bad shape. Or maybe it’s in good shape.
Has Nate Silver [...]

To no one’s surprise, Republicans are reacting with indignation to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s decision to override the GOP boycott and pass its climate bill this morning. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the committee’s ranking Republican and driving force behind the boycott, just sent out a press release delivering a sharp rebuke to [...]

The Republican boycott persisted, but the Democratic side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee sent its landmark climate bill to the full Senate this morning, by a vote of 11-1. All Republicans were absent, as was Democratic Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) was the only Democrat to vote against passage, [...]

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele held a press conference this morning to analyze his party’s election victories Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey and its loss in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. After the jump, watch some video from the event.

Michael Steele: There should have been a primary in NY-23.
After losses by Christie and Deeds, Obama might have some convincing to do in Wisconsin.
The new stepping stone to the presidency: a book deal.
A TV remake caters to the Tea Party set.
GOPers say the lesson of yesterday’s election is that Dems need to move to the [...]

A buoyant Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, speaking this morning to reporters about last night’s election results, declared, “The Republican renaissance has begun.”
He praised the volunteer efforts to get Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie elected as governors in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively, saying, “Our folks are fired up.” Yet he expressed some misgivings [...]

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its support for sweeping climate legislation. The announcement surprised everyone — including the Chamber itself — and was quickly revealed to be a hoax.
Well, today we’re seeing a repeat performance — only it appears genuine. The Chamber has posted a letter on its Website that it [...]

On the campaign trail in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, TWI’s David Weigel took the time to record a conversation with the Center for American Progress’ Matthew Yglesias on bloggingheads.tv. Watch them pick apart the nuances and implications of the race — video after the jump: