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White House's Pfeiffer Bares His Teeth - Washington Wire - WSJ

13 hours ago ago from Washington Wire - WSJ

By Jonathan Weisman Liberal Democrats may be accusing President Barack Obama of shying away from a fight, but they cannot make the same claim for his communications director, Dan Pfeiffer . In a blog posting on the White House Web site today, Pfeiffer accused Senate Republicans of stunning hypocrisy, political gamesmanship at its worst, and stunts and obstruction that have reached a new low. At issue was an attempt last night ...

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"Which lawmakers can, and can't, play the health-care game"

1 day ago ago from HOWIEINSEATTLE

Eugene Robinson (WaPo): As the attempt to pass meaningful health-care reform stumbles oafishly toward home plate, having missed a base or two along the way, it's hard not to repeat Casey Stengel's famous lament about the hapless 1962 Mets: "You look up and down the bench and you have to say to yourself, 'Can't anybody here play this game?' " The answer is that some can and some can't. Nancy Pelosi can play. Faced with adamantine ...

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The Peak of Hypocrisy – Defence Spending and Conservative Convictions

21 hours ago ago from The Long Goodbye

Senate Democrats block GOP filibuster Republicans have said their goal is to delay the bill and force Senate Democrats to go home and face their constituents, hoping for some supporters of the measure to return after New Year's too fearful to back the legislation. If the filibuster on the $626 billion defense bill had succeeded, Democrats would have had to scramble to find a way to fund the military operations, because a stopgap ...

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Democrats' 2010 weapon: George W. Bush

19 hours ago ago from Top of the Ticket

It's an axiom in U.S. politics that the party in power in the White House loses seats in off-year elections. So every Democrat from Barack Obama 's White House to Nancy Pelosi 's House of Representatives is girding for the fight in 2010. But Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen , chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee told reporters this week that Democrats have a plan: remind voters of George W. Bush . The ...

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Hey Coach – Take the Player off the Field

18 hours ago ago from Connie Manes

Democrats would never be a good sports team, whether in baseball, basketball or football.  They can’t play as a team because there are too many, “ It’s all about ME ” members on the team. I’m sure you’ve all seen at some time or another a game being played where one or two players seem to think the only way to win is by taking control of the ball and not using other members of the team to get the job done.  Well, that’s been the ...

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Parties spar over Republicans' failed effort to filibuster defense bill

17 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics

With tensions running high in the Senate amid a grueling schedule, Democrats are trying to make political hay out of Republicans' failed effort to filibuster the defense spending bill. The Senate voted at 1 a.m. Friday to invoke cloture on the $626 billion measure funding the Pentagon, a key procedural step that will allow the chamber to vote on final passage Saturday morning. The motion passed, 63-33, with just three Republicans joining ...

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White House’s Pfeiffer Bares His Teeth - Washington Wire - WSJ

17 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By Jonathan Weisman Liberal Democrats may be accusing President Barack Obama of shying away from a fight, but they cannot make the same claim for his communications director, Dan Pfeiffer . In a blog posting on the White House Web site today, Pfeiffer accused Senate Republicans of stunning hypocrisy, political gamesmanship at its worst, and stunts and obstruction that have reached a new low. At issue was an attempt last night to delay a ...

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Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle

22 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON The Senate voted early Friday morning to force final action on a Pentagon spending measure as Democrats broke a Republican attempt to use the military money to stall action on the health care overhaul. Multimedia Blog In an unusual dead-of-night session that opened just after midnight, senators voted 63 to 33 to shut off debate on the $626 billion plan, which is the last spending measure due ...

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Ralph Nader: Obama Criticism Is Overdue

21 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

The Daily Beast : The left's anger over the public option and the anti-Obama revolt is long overdue, says Ralph Nader. Benjamin Sarlin talks to the self-professed "pioneer" of the current progressive rage. Democrats are steaming over the White House's capitulation to liberal nemesis Joe Lieberman's demands to remove a public option and Medicare buy-in from the Senate's heath-care bill. Progressive figures including Howard Dean and Daily ...

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Bob Burnett: 2009's Worst Person of the Year: The US Senate

22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

At the end of a decade marked by a general failure of US leadership, 2009 saw the collapse of the Senate. Confronted with an array of difficult problems, a reactionary Senatorial minority put their personal political interests above those of the nation and blocked action by the progressive majority. While polls don't differentiate between levels of support for the House of Representatives and the Senate, the long-term trend is down. At the ...

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