Power Line: "If Elena Kagan is confirmed, as she is expected to be, the Supreme Court will contain three female Justices. And it will be a diverse group of women too -- one originally from Brooklyn, one originally from Manhattan, and one originally from the Bronx."

Power Line points out some good pieces on ObamaCare.

Power Line has a list of controversial propositions that we can all argue about. For example:
* But for World War II, Franklin Roosevelt would have gone down in history as the worst President since James Buchanan.

The New Deal was a disaster that prolonged the Depression, no matter what your history teacher told you. WW2 bailed out his reputation. 

Power Line analyzes the Blanche Lincoln/ Bill Halter race.

Power Line has more on "Pants on the Ground." I was not aware of who "General" Larry Platt is.

Power Line: The Democrats' economic policies have prolonged the recession. It worked exactly the same way during the 1930s.

Are the wheels coming off?

Power Line: The word around Washington is that there is no health care bill that can get 60 votes. "...[I]t's starting to look as though the Democrats' effort to seize control of the health care industries might actually crash and burn."

Power Line comments on the recent cut in Medicare funds passed by the Senate. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor both voted in favor of the cut.

Yesterday, the Senate defeated an amendment proposed by John McCain that would have stripped the Democrats' health care legislation of cuts to Medicare (more than $400 billion of them). Sen. McCain's amendment was defeated by a vote of 58-42. Ben Nelson and Jim Webb were the only Democrats who voted to prevent the cuts to Medicare.
This leaves a large number of Democrats who will have to explain to their constituents why they voted to slash Medicare so drastically. Some of these Dems will be facing substantial challenges in 2010.
The honest explanation is that the health care legislation cannot reasonably be funded without these cuts, except by running up too much debt for some Democrats to swallow. But this explanation isn't very helpful because the underlying health care legislation lacks broad popular support.
As something of a senior citizen myself, I can't say I'm pleased with potential cuts to Medicare. However, I take solace from the fact that the Dems will, at last, rid Medicare of waste, fraud, and inefficiency.

 LOL

Most endangered

Power Line has these comments on Blanche Lincoln and the 2010 elections:

Blanche Lincoln continues to be the most "endangered" of all Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2010. The latest Rasmussen poll shows her trailing all of her potential Republican opponents, and she trails the probable frontrunner, Republican state senator Gilbert Baker, by 47 to 41 percent (our friend Tom Cotton decided not to run). According to Politico, this result is consistent with what other polls have found.
To make matters worse, 36 percent of Arkansas voters view Lincoln "very unfavorably." Only 19 percent have a "very favorable" opinion of her.
Lincoln's decisive vote to bring the Senate Democrats' health care reform bill to the floor for debate surely will not help her in Arkansas. 56 percent of Arkansas voters say they "strongly oppose" that plan.
Lincoln's vote on the actual legislation -- as opposed to whether to debate it -- should tell us how she reads the situation back home. If Lincoln votes against the bill, it probably means she thinks she can win next year, not an outrageous assumption if she is only trailing by six percentage points now. If Lincoln votes "yes," it probably means she is resigned to not being in the Senate after 2010, and has been promised a desirable post by the Obama administration.

I wrote her two letters trying to encourage her to vote for her constituents, but whatever. Up to you, Blanche.

Power Line has a comment on Huckabee's attempt to blame the system in the Clemmons case.

Power Line: Most people know how to create jobs: cut taxes and spending. Why is this so hard for Democrats to understand?

55 nervous Democrats are listed here.

Vic Snyder -- undecided

Marion Berry -- leaning no

Mike Ross is not listed, but he's not on a list of confirmed no voters either.

Power Line sums up today's situation.

Byron York: Just before the vote on health care, Nancy Pelosi does not want Democrats to be in touch with their constituents. But some of them came to Washington to protest anyway. One sign: "Hey, blue dogs. Who wants to be toast?"

Power Line has a video. 

Power Line has more on yesterday's election. It's clear that health care was the loser in my view.