Video: McConnell and Reid spar over vote on Reid amendment today

JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon sits on the board of the NY Federal Reserve. He knows what the Fed is doing. But Hagan says Congress can’t be trusted with that information because they would leak like a seive and the markets would crash. In the short span of a year, she has decided she doesn’t want anyone to tell her anything, and that we should just trust Jamie Dimon to do the right thing.

That’s. . . delightful.

Welcome to the liveblog on the House of Representative’s health insurance reform vote live on C-Span).   Whether you support the bill or opposite it, whether the bill passes or doesn’t this is a historic vote. If a potential deal is struck with the Stupak bloc and the “pro-choice” caucus does not bolt, there would [...]

Tom Perriello  wanted to vote against the bill as an act of conscience. He had his arm twisted and wound up voting yes,  giving cover to Blue Dogs like Gene Taylor so they could vote “no.”

Gene Taylor is utterly and completely safe.  He won 74.6% of the vote in 2008, and 79.8% in 2006.  He’s beloved.

Periello, on the other hand, was a photo finish at 50.1% to Virgil Goode’s 49.8%.

Whatever this is about, it ain’t about protecting “vulnerable” Blue Dogs at risk of losing their seats.  

Election Protection is getting reports of Ohio voters whose names have mysteriously vanished from the voter rolls:

A mercenary firm in Oregon offered to provide “security” on election day in case voters “get out of control,” Danger Room reports

Brave New Films released a new short film yesterday debunking the McCain campaign’s smears against ACORN. The film argues that spurious charges against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now are part of a larger Republican strategy to depress the turnount of low income, minority, and young voters in battleground states.

Why have the Republicans redoubled their attacks on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) as Obama’s lead increases?

For a minute, forget the difference between voter fraud and registration fraud and the history of ACORN-bashing as voter suppression. Has anyone stopped to consider whether the Republican National Congressional Committee’s allegations against ACORN make any sense?

John Atlas provides some valuable context for L’Affaire ACORN. We already know how much Republicans hate community organizers. But why are the feds targeting this particular group weeks before the election?