{"id":3987,"date":"2011-02-02T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2011-02-02T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T16:58:32","slug":"open-thread222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/02\/open-thread222011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/2\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I\u2019m up to date on comments and hope to do a little visiting.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today it took me 4:21 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>The Republican effort to repeal the nation’s health care law moves to the U.S. Senate today, where a vote to overturn President Obama’s signature domestic achievement is likely to fail.<\/p>\n

A day after a federal judge ruled the law unconstitutional, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced the House-passed bill on repeal as an amendment to a pending measure on aviation issues.<\/p>\n

If Republicans are successful in attacking this amendment, it will serve as a poison pill, killing the FAA bill, and costing thousands of jobs.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>GOP Sens Admit: Goal Of Changing Health Care Law Is To Kill It.<\/p>\n

Of course it is.  Hundreds dying daily due to lack of health care is the Republican plan.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>This morning, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) \u2014 fresh from joining a ceremony for a newly built illegal Israeli settlement \u2014 called in to Fox & Friends and discussed the situation in Egypt. He complained about the Obama administration\u2019s response to the protests, saying that it showed that the United States has \u201cabandoned a 30-year ally\u201d and said that there are concerns that the protests \u201ccould have cascading effects across the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so it begins.  Most Republicans have reacted responsibly on this issue, but I knew it wouldn\u2019t last.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

Happy hump day!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I\u2019m up to date on comments and hope to do a little visiting. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today it took me 4:21 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From USA Today: The Republican effort to repeal the nation’s health care law moves to the U.S. Senate today, where […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-35-id","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}