–updated– As predicted, the topic exploding today is Pres. Obama’s statement about his friend Skip Gates and that the Cambridge police acted “stupidly.” It’s the last thing Obama wanted. From Ben Smith: After spending most of an hour patiently reiterating his arguments for changing the health insurance system, President Barack Obama turned his press conference [...]
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Obama Misses the Mark
“Because he’s made it such an issue, and because he has invested so much personal time and effort, this will, more than stimulus and more than anything he has done so far, be a measure of his clout and of his success early on,” Daschle was quoted in the New York Times. “And because it [...]
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Obama’s Pitch: ‘Health Insurance Reform’
–updated– Right off the top, Pres. Obama offered a new framing: health insurance reform. Then he went straight at the conservatives in both parties: “If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control the deficit.” Pledging again that “health insurance reform” won’t add to the U.S. debt. The next hit [...]
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Health Care a Symbol of Worse to Come if Obama Fails
This gives me no pleasure to say, but the reality is ripe to manifest. Don’t think for a minute that the health care debate playing out hasn’t already become a model for how Obama’s adversaries will take on his other policy prescriptions. Go back to Rush Limbaugh’s “I hope Obama fails.” This has always been [...]
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The Crazy ‘Birther’ Bunch on Parade
“Obama has yet to prove he’s a citizen” – Rush Limbaugh The clip of Matthews making a congressman admit to Obama’s citizenship is getting a lot of play right now. The better question is why Chris Matthews is covering it? This is news? I’m wondering if our media has now decided that every single crackpot [...]
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Obama Reaches Out for Help
Finally, there is health care. Every cliché Ann Coulter throws at the Democrats is gloriously fulfilled by the Democratic health care bills. – David Brooks When leading Republicans start proudly pointing to Ann Coulter’s comedy, you know things are out of whack. Yesterday, I bluntly advised Pres. Obama: “Putting it bluntly, if the Obama administration [...]
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Baucus Targeted on Health Care Cash
–updated– As you can likely already tell, I’m out of the loop for a while today, working, but not able to blog much. I’ll check back in when I can. Now, back to Baucus. Busted: … As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Chairman Baucus (D-Mont.) has emerged as [...]
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Be Thankful, Republicans are Making Democrats Look Good
Michael Steele should have read Ted Kennedy’s Newsweek article on “The Cause of My Life,” before he opened his trap to eliminate any about how ignorant he is. Kennedy: All Americans should be required to have insurance. For those who can’t afford the premiums, we can provide subsidies. We’ll make it illegal to deny coverage [...]
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Obama Mistakes in Marketing Health Care Costly
“If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo,” Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said yesterday during a conference call with conservative activists. “It will break him.” – Alliances Splinter This video brought to you by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), taking advantage of Pres. Obama’s fumbling of the health care reform [...]
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Obama Forced to Bully Pulpit as Health Care Stalls
“We’re going to have to get this done. … Those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken. We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year. I’m absolutely convinced of that. …” – President Obama Not if Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Ron Wyden, [...]
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Obama Steps In Front of Health Care ‘No’
Mr. Elmendorf was unequivocal. “No, Mr. Chairman,” he replied. “In the legislation that has been reported, we do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount. And on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health-care costs.” [...]
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Blue Dog Egos, Health Care and Paying the Price
The story in The Hill quoting a frothing Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) is getting a lot of attention. It should. Because it illustrates the bankruptcy of the health care reform argument in the hands of self impressed politicians who aren’t willing to do what it takes to change the system that’s failed so many Americans, [...]
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Rationing Health Care Is A Reality
Wake up and embrace the concept. It’s almost here. In truth, though Pres. Obama doesn’t want anyone to use the word, rationing is something we do all the time, with the food we buy, the vacations we take, the clothes we wear. If you can’t afford Saks you likely don’t shop there. Why should health [...]
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Party-Line Health Care Reform Bill Gets Out of Committee
BREAKING… Senate Committee Passes Health Care Reform Bill on Party-Line Vote To the point about party-line successes: President Barack Obama may rely only on Democrats to push health-care legislation through the U.S. Congress if Republican opposition doesn’t yield soon, two of the president’s top advisers said. “Ultimately, this is not about a process, it’s about [...]
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Chris Matthews: Abortion for Women Who Can Afford It
Having returned from the family memorial, I’ve not begun to go through all my collected emails, but I did start catching up on articles, op-eds, and taped TV programs. What happened on “Hardball” on Tuesday stuck out, because it reiterates the weird religious moralizing about public policy and abortion that was continually on parade through [...]
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