http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/ en-us 2009-07-02T13:26:15-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/07/72_is_help_on_t.html Liberal bloggers are praising the revised health care plan released by the Senate HELP Committee, which includes a public option and carries a price tag of roughly $600B over 10 years (which is significantly cheaper than the estimated $1T cost... Ian Faerstein 2009-07-02T13:26:15-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/07/71_sixty_senato.html While liberal bloggers are extremely critical of ex-Sen. Norm Coleman's (R-MN) actions over the past eight months, they're pleased that he finally conceded and allowed Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to be seated. Now the netroots are discussing the political implications... Ian Faerstein 2009-07-01T12:40:11-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/630_reeejected.html Conservative bloggers are portraying the SCOTUS' 5-to-4 ruling in the Ricci case -- which reversed an appeals court decision joined by SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor -- as a sharp repudiation of Sotomayor's legal judgment. While acknowledging that Dems "certainly have... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-30T12:57:34-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/629_rinohunting.html Conservative bloggers are furious that 8 GOP Reps. voted in favor of the climate change bill, which narrowly passed the House in spite of an aggressive lobbying campaign led by Americans For Prosperity and righty blogs. Conservative bloggers are denouncing... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-29T13:28:25-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/blogger_spotlig_39.html Today the Blogometer talks to Jed Lewison, who blogs at Daily Kos and the Jed Report. (If you're looking for Friday's edition of Blogometer, click here). Where did you grow up? I mostly grew up Seattle, but I was born... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-26T14:03:00-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/626_a_heated_de.html Conservative bloggers are working hard this morning to defeat the climate change bill that's currently being debated in the House. Erick Erickson and Michelle Malkin are both urging their readers to call Reps. and urge them to vote against the... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-26T12:33:21-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/625_off_the_mar.html Conservative bloggers were divided in their reactions to SC Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) admission that he's been having an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman for the past year. Many righty bloggers were disappointed to see Sanford inflict so much... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-25T12:26:40-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/624_tough_talk.html After spending the past week criticizing Pres. Obama for not denouncing the Iranian regime more forcefully, conservative bloggers were impressed by his statement at yesterday's presser. Ed Morrissey's reaction was typical of righty bloggers: "I've been highly critical about Obama's... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-24T12:40:15-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/623_no_more_com.html While liberal bloggers have been extremely frustrated by recent developments in the health care reform negotiations, they received a small dose of good news yesterday. First, the netroots were delighted when Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) cited the apparent widespread support... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-23T12:31:55-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/622_senate_dems.html NBC's First Read made the following observation this morning: "So let's get this straight: Barack Obama won last year's presidential election by seven percentage points (53%-46%) campaigning, in part, for some form of universal health care; his party is about... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-22T13:31:20-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/619_health_care.html As we noted yesterday, liberal bloggers are growing increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for health care reform. Yesterday Ezra Klein posted the latest outline of the Senate Finance Committee's proposal, and lefty bloggers were disappointed to learn that it does... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-19T12:30:34-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/618_is_health_c.html Liberal bloggers are growing increasingly worried about the prospects for health care reform. After the CBO projected that the Senate Finance Committee's proposed bill would cost $1.6T over 10 years, Committee Chairman Max Baucus told reporters that Dems "need more... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-18T12:46:37-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/617_the_supplem.html Bloggers on both sides of the political divide were disappointed that the House narrowly passed the $106B supplemental bill yesterday. As we've noted previously, this unlikely alliance of liberal and conservative bloggers had been furiously lobbying against the bill's passage.... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-17T13:04:02-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/616_walking_the.html The post-election tumult in Iran continues to captivate bloggers on both sides of the political divide. Conservative bloggers reacted critically to Pres. Obama's first public response to the events in Iran, in which he said that he was "deeply troubled"... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-16T12:29:01-05:00 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/06/615_the_revolut.html Throughout the weekend, bloggers were transfixed by the disputed election in Iran, which resulted in massive protests and a subsequent government crackdown. Many bloggers (Sullivan, Klein, Allahpundit, Kleiman) are posting photos and videos of the violence. The overwhelming consensus among... Ian Faerstein 2009-06-15T13:03:16-05:00