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Joe Lieberman’s gag-inducing horse trade: Health care reform for cap and trade?
20 hours ago ago from Newsbroke
The root of the disaster (Getty Images via Daylife) Ezra Klein puts out the possibility that the Democrats are kowtowing to Senator Lieberman on health care reform because they want his backing on cap an trade down the road: And if you want proof, turn your attention to climate change, where Lieberman seems and seems is an important word there like he'll be a crucial ally. Six months from now, liberals may be rallying around ...
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15 hours ago ago from GayPatriot
With yet another poll showing Obama's approval rating plummeting (with the Democrat enjoying even worse numbers on health care ), it's clear that whatever coalition his campaign built in last fall's campaign is crumbling. As blogger JSF put it : The coalition that President Obama built was on the backs of anti-war activists, Moderate Republicans (or in the words of RS McCain, The Republicans Who matter ), Conservative Democrats, Liberal ...
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12 hours ago ago from Bark Bark Woof Woof
Despite the excision of the public option and the Medicare buy-in and the dealing with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) -- who was on board with the buy-in until he saw that it made liberals happy -- the fact remains that until the Senate actually votes and then gets the House to agree to the bill, we're no closer to having healthcare reform done than we were last June. The president can say we're on the edge of the precipice -- an odd choice of ...
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19 hours ago ago from Politicususa.com
Obama Administration Cleaning Up Bush Email Scandal Mess Remember just after Obama was inaugurated? Yes, the day after…when liberals were screaming that Obama was continuing Bush policies with DoJ obstructionism. Liberals were upset that the “Obama DoJ” dismissed a lawsuit filed by CREW and the National Security Archives regarding their attempt to retrieve over 22 million “lost “ Bush era emails. Turns out, that decision had been ...
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21 hours ago ago from The United States of Jamerica
During his first term in office, President Bush scored a string of legislative successes, despite having a bare majority in the Senate. Seeing as how Democrats have a super-majority and are almost incapable of accomplishing anything, how could this be possible? Steve Benen offers an explanation: First, it can't be emphasized enough that congressional Democrats were willing to work with the Bush White House (before and after 9/11), ...
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Democrats Target House Republicans on Financial Overhaul Vote - Washington Wire - WSJ
23 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Susan Davis When the House passed its version of a sweeping overhaul of financial industry regulation last Friday, not a single House Republican voted for the bill. And while House Democrats are facing their own political headwinds next year, they believe the vote may leave many Republicans vulnerable to attack following the starkest U.S. economic decline since the Great Depression. Today, the House Democratic campaign operation is ...
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