Ryan White's attorneys: Huckabee is an idiot who doesn't read

Huckabee's AIDS statements astound December 9th, 2007

We were astounded to hear Mike Huckabee reaffirming his statement in 1992 that people with AIDS should be isolated from the general population.

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Huckabee...Too Funny To Be President?

Huckabee's a joker. That's a problem.
By John Dickerson
Posted Monday, Dec. 17, 2007

Mike Huckabee is occasionally funny, but he is always the funny guy. "If you think that Medicare is expensive now, wait until 10,000 aging hippies a day find out they can get free drugs," he said in one GOP debate. "I may not have any foreign policy experience," he told Don Imus, "but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night." At a press conference in Iowa last week after the last GOP debate, Huckabee dished out so many one-liners that I wondered which staffer was responsible for the rim shot. His material is sometimes edgy and he even does impersonations, mimicking the voice of an Arkansas garage mechanic to explain how odd it was to ask for a seat belt in the 1960s. "You wanna do what? You wanna put in a strap so you tie yourself down in that car?" He probably has a puppet routine he's just saving for his appearance on Meet the Press.

To read the entire piece in Slate, please click here.

California State Assembly backs healthcare for everyone

Lawmakers in California's lower house line up with Schwarzenegger in passing the first phase of a plan to extend medical insurance to almost all residents. Proposal still faces many obstacles, though.
By Jordan Rau and Patrick McGreevy
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

December 18, 2007

SACRAMENTO — The state Assembly on Monday approved the first phase of a $14.4-billion plan to extend medical insurance to nearly all residents, giving Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Democratic allies their first victory in a risky yearlong campaign to overhaul California's healthcare system.

To read the entire article in The Los Angeles Times, please click here.

Democratic endorsement editorial: Why Clinton

December 15, 2007

THE REGISTER'S EDITORIAL BOARD

A deep, talented field in the Democratic caucus race offers both good and difficult choices.

No fewer than three candidates would, by their very identity, usher the nation to the doorstep of history. Should the party offer the nation the chance to choose its first woman president? Or its first black president? Or its first Latino president?

Or should the party place its trust in two senators, Joe Biden or Chris Dodd, who have served their nation with distinction for more than 30 years each? Or should it heed John Edwards’ clarion call to restore opportunity for all Americans?

To read the entire editorial endorsement in the Des Moines Register, please click here.