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"they're still coming!! HAPPY BDAY. Couldn't keep this site moving without you." - @baratunde

"Wondering what the point of these people's votes was." - @baratunde

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on health insurance reform in less than 24 hours. All signs point to it being incredibly close, possibly coming down to a small handful of representatives or even a single vote. Send your rep a 'tweet' asking them to vote in favor of reform. - @baratunde

WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, and the federal government. - @baratunde

An area basic-cable comedy network announced today that it had ordered a pilot for a scripted television series based on The Onion Sports Network. The news - @baratunde

"my first reaction was "damn!"" - @baratunde

"ain't it!??" - @baratunde

"Amazing, comprehensive, thoughtful and damning post! wow." - @baratunde

"Oh and I really do appreciate you coming here to comment! Really. thanks." - @baratunde

"And I don't think your brand of Obama as total progressive failure is something WE can afford. If you read more of my work, you'll know I'm not a knee-jerk defender of this administration. Perhaps if I'd read more of yours I would not have been so dismissive either. Apologies for that. But I am still greatly annoyed by complete write-offs of this administration by the only people who should be standing by it more than not. You fell into that category when you made a blanket assumption that the reason new dems stayed home was because the president has failed to deliver on his promises and basically has nothing to show for his first 10 months in office. That's far too broad and simplistic a view, especially given that the two biggest races this week were in states that always do what they do, and you didn't mention it at all. I thought that was highly negligent. Here's a more complete followup. Dem turnout was high in 2008 because it was an historic race. 2009 elections are anything..." - @baratunde

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and the Tea Party Patriots are not expecting a warm reception on Capitol Hill Thursday. In a series of conference calls Wednesday night, representatives of the "thousands" of tea partiers who have promised to heed Bachmann's... - @baratunde