this is an adventure

When Jim Jeffords became an “Independent” in 2001, Specter wasn’t happy. He said, “I intend to propose a rule change which would preclude a future recurrence of a Senator’s change in parties, in midsession, organizing with the opposition, to cause the upheaval which is now resulting.”

The United Auto Workers union will own 55 percent of a restructured Chrysler LLC and its retiree health care trust will get a seat on the board if union members vote to approve contract concessions this week. Chrysler stock could even be traded publicly again, as there are mechanisms for the UAW to sell shares […]

The battle against Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans.), President Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has gone better than many pro-life activists had hoped. Yes, it’s true that Sebelius is expected to be confirmed after an eight-hour debate and cloture vote are held in the Senate today.

“If all countries are ‘exceptional,’ then none are, and to claim otherwise robs the word, and the idea of American exceptionalism, of any meaning.” Always good to spark a spirited debate, columnist James Kirchick sums up the very apologetic tour of Europe, and what it means for the next four years of coming apologies.