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More on the messy Mass. aftermath as well as the other must read stories from around the web and in today’s papers:
- The Choice: Pass the Senate bill or wait another 15 years for health care reform. [Kevin Drum]
- The fantasy of GOP votes for “moderate” health care reform needs to end. [Kevin Drum]
- Health care reform: “Pass the damn bill. Pass it now.” [Kevin Drum]
- UN: Drugs and bribes are the two largest income generators in Afghanistan. [Mother Jones]
- Biggest DoJ corporate prosecution ever: FBI charges arms sellers with foreign bribes. [NYTimes]
- The New York Times paywall is worth the wait. [MoJo]
- Leadership lacking: “I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama.” [Paul Krugman]
- What did aspiring-Senator Harold Ford Jr. do at Merrill Lynch for three years? [Mother Jones]
- Despite annual loss, Morgan Stanley earmarked 62% of revenue for compensation. [NYTimes]
- Senator Scott Brown: Vindication for the Party of “No.” [MoJo]
- Energy and stealth of GOP groups undid a sure bet in Massachusetts. [NYTimes]
- John McCain’s wife and daughter support overturning Prop 8. [AP/Oakland Tribune]
- The plot against the EPA: The fight against carbon regulations is about to heat up fast. [MoJo]
- The suburbanization of poverty. [Brookings Institution]
- The National Review thinks Haiti should just stop being poor. [TAPPED]
- The proposed “deficit commission” is all about optics, not reality. [Kevin Drum]
- Falling beer sales pressure heavily leveraged brewers. [WSJ]
- Why does the UK always try to curb drinking when the going gets tough? [Lapham’s Quarterly]
- Resistance is coming to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. [The Notion]
- Black is NOT the new green. [Blue Marble]
- Shocking China fact of the day. [The Vine]
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