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Nate Silver: Progressives Only Care About The Public Option Because Lieberman Hates It

By Big Tent Democrat

Not surprisingly, Village blogger Ezra Klein recommends these 20 Questions from Nate Silver. I thought about answering them (though most of them showed a complete ignorance regarding the nature of the debate on health care reform this year (disingenuous too - Silver asks how insurance company profits MARGINS will grow instead of asking about profits)), even though I am undecided on the Lieberman Bill. Until I read Question 20:

20. How many of the arguments that you might be making against the bill are being made out of anger, frustration, or a desire to ring Joe Lieberman by his scruffy, no-good, backstabbing neck?

In the word of Ezra, sigh. That someone could insinuate today that the arguments made by rational, intelligent, thoughtful people are a result of anger about Lieberman instead of from firmly held, reasonable and LONG HELD views, demonstrates that that person is a dilettante who just started paying attention in the last few days. It tells you a lot about Silver and Klein that they think these are good questions.

Update below:

Update - Kos and Jon Walker answer the questions. Quite well in fact. time for the Village bloggers to bring some substance to the debate. so far they have brought a lot of ad hominem, but not many answers. Krugman is understanding, and shrewder (no apologias for Obama), but not particularly convincing imo. I may have some questions for him tomorrow.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).