31 March 2016

Thursday political roundup

The Bullock-Buttrey connection. Logicosity published Part I today. Sen. Ed Buttrey (R-Great Falls) sponsored the legislation that rescued hospitals and private health insurance companies with a privatized, bastardized, form of Medicaid expansion.

Susan Sarandon, Bernie or bust, and echos of PUMA past. Actress Susan Sarandon (Thelma and Louise, Bull Durham) supports Bernie Sanders so staunchly that she might not support the Democratic nominee if Bernie loses to Hillary. At The Atlantic, David Graham has the wry commentary.

Montana v. Wittich. At Montana Cowgirl, John Adams continues reporting the trial. The story is important, but it’s also inside baseball esoteria for most voters.

The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics. At Democracy, Sam Rosenfeld reviews Jefferson Cowie’s rather depressing new book on the New Deal’s political legacy and future.

Hillary and company lose their cool, start bashing Bernie. Hillary and her supporters are weary of Bernie Sanders. They’re perplexed and exasperated by his support, and increasingly angry that he’s not stepping aside so that she can waltz down a red carpet to the nomination. Their tempers are short. Today, they reached the breaking point. Pro choice organizations denounced Sanders for his reaction to Donald Trump’s proposal charge women seeking abortions with crimes. And Hillary, reportedly flustered by a question on whether she accepts donations from the oil patch, and probably needing a good night’s sleep and a Valium, blurted “I am so sick, I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me. I’m sick of it.” Not the best strategy for bringing the party together after the convention.