The Charlie Brown presidency  Two pieces of news caught my eye
prompting me to write this diary:    1. The Republicans
filibustered the Defence Appropriation Bill of 2010, essentially
killing the Dream Act and also blocking the repeal of DADT.   2.
On the eve of a key element on the Health Care legislation being
implemented, the insurance companies across multiple states have
dropped their child only policy, rather than comply with the new
law.  Although taken by themselves, these two facts are just
outrageous, what makes them sadly comical are the responses from
the administration.  Here's Joe Biden on Rachel Maddow show:
Rachel Maddow: So, we’d be looking at, best case scenario for
repeal, would be sometime in the spring.  With the-- with the
policy under such intense scrutiny, that study underway at the
Defense Department, progress being made both in the courts and
politically, why not suspend the discharges of people under the
policy now, pending that Defense Department review?  Why keep
kicking people o