The Catch Up Thread For 9/2/10 (Final Edition): Brewing Up An Epic Disaster

Can small business even make it to 2014 before health insurance reform comes in? Unless the states they are in are able to opt out of it like Ron Wyden would want , maybe not with those absurd rates.

Arizona's nutcase governor must have gotten tongue tied with wanting to say "border control" to have this unbelievable disaster:


Mike Pence is on of their top mascots. They have many top mascots though .


Calculated Risk thinks the unemployment rate will increase to 9.6% . And he also highlights how the lack of quality reporting on non-Census public sector jobs is a major problem.

Among Democracy Now's headlines, BP has paid $93 million in television ads.

Hopefully they just won't cave :

Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva are drawing a line in the sand before the White House's fiscal commission: If your report recommends cuts or other changes to Social Security, they will say, you'll lose our support.

In a letter to be sent to President Obama, obtained by TPM, House Democrats will pledge to vote against any legislation based on the commission's report unless Social Security is taken off the table.

"We oppose any cuts to Social Security benefits, including raising the retirement age," the letter reads. "We also oppose any effort to privatize Social Security, in whole or in part.... If any of the Commission's recommendations cut or diminish Social Security in any way, we will stand firmly against them."

Amy Goodman sat down with Eve Ensler . It is really worth the read.

Reason #67889 why Colbert rules:

Other that, those are those most notable things in US political news.