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Republican Jeff Landry is running for federal office for the first time, and as a candidate for Congress in Louisiana’s 3rd District he’s staking out a position as a major factor in the race to succeed outgoing Democrat Charlie Melancon. TheHayride.com posed 20 questions to Landry over the weekend, and he was kind enough to [...]
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By a 76-13 vote yesterday, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed HB 1247, authored by Frank Hoffman (R-West Monroe). The bill would make it illegal for private insurance plans to cover elective abortions, which would throw an additional obstacle in the way of implementing the Obamacare health bill which passed through Congress last month.
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While decompressing from seeing the weekend’s Obamacare carnage, I offer the following: – I mentioned this to Ryan in the discussion of his piece on Bart Stupak from last night a little earlier, and I’ll expand upon it here; maybe it’s time that conservatives and Republicans take another look at how they treat pro-life Democrats. [...]
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If you were surprised at how easily Bart Stupak folded at the end on Obamacare, it’s probably because you haven’t seen this video from a town hall last year… (Hat tip: Lonely Conservative.) At the end of the day, Stupak was always going to cave.
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One of the most common assessments being made among gloomy conservatives of late is that once passed, President Obama’s health care legislation will cement itself as an immutable political truth like Social Security and Medicare have, and that this “starter house” will usher the way to a full-fledged single-payer system. While it’s without question possible [...]
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Ryan Booth is doing a terrific job of chronicling developments with respect to the vote count on Obamacare, and Hayride readers interested in the ongoing developments are strongly encouraged to re-visit his post on the subject often. It’s Ryan’s opinion that Obamacare is going to fail, by however small a margin. I’m not convinced either [...]
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…as Obamacare probably met the Grim Reaper at about the same time the Pennsylvania Democrat did. With Murtha alive and kicking, Nancy Pelosi was able to cram Obamacare through the House of Representatives with 220 votes last year. But Robert Wexler retired and Joseph Cao has since said he would not vote for final passage [...]
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This column marks the debut of Oscar, TheHayride.com’s resident voracious rodent and all-around pestilential influence. We want it known from the beginning that any relationship between what the little guy says and the editorial position of TheHayride.com staff is completely coincidental – were it not for certain contractual and/or economic factors unfortunately in play we [...]
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