“If you have a better idea, show it to me.” That was President Barack Obama’s challenge two weeks ago to House Republicans regarding health-care reform. He has since called for a bipartisan forum, not to start over on health reform but to “move forward” on the “best ideas that are out there.”The best ideas out [...]
Newt Gingrich and John Goodman: Ten GOP Health Ideas for Obama – WSJ.com
February 9, 2010 By 6 Comments
Organizing for America building army of talk radio ’seminar callers’ (yawn)
January 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Remember Organizing for America (OFA)? It used to be “Obama for America,” an offshoot of the Democratic National Committee that assembled a vast volunteer army of Obama supporters. But when the election was over and won, “Obama for America” went through a slight transformation:
Another factor that motivated the Obama administration to create OFA was the [...]
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Bribed Ben Nelson Now Saying Pushing Health Care “a mistake”
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Neb.’s Nelson sees backlash on health reform plan – AP
December 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
t was the concern of Nebraska’s Republican governor over expanded Medicaid costs in the proposed Senate health care overhaul bill that led to a compromise to cover his state’s estimated $45 million share over a decade, U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson said Sunday. Gov. Dave Heineman “contacted me and he said this is another unfunded federal [...]
Kill Bill, Vol. 1: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 21
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Wednesday night, Keith Olbermann delivered “as promised” (to the one half of one percent of the nation that was no doubt breathlessly awaiting) his verdict on the Democrat health “reform” as it currently is constituted.
It was So Important, that Keith dubbed it the Number One Story of the Day. This is interesting, as the intro [...]
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Diana Furchtgott-Roth: The High Cost of Health Reform – RealClearMarkets
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON-Last night, speaking about the health “reform” bill to ABC’s Charles Gibson, President Obama declared, “If we don’t pass it, here’s the guarantee….your premiums will go up, your employers are going to load up more costs on you. Potentially they’re going to drop your coverage, because they just can’t afford an increase of 25 percent, [...]
Joe Lieberman is “Embarrassing Humanity!” Meltdown with Keith Olbermann, Part 20
December 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On Monday, MSNBC was all anti-Joe Lieberman, all the time. Even “conservative” Joe Scarborough’s show, Morning Joe, had a logo for the topic, with the words “Joe Blowing Health Reform?” Classy.
But of course, no one, even Ed Schlutz, who bloviated that he couldn’t understand how Democrats could be in the same room as Liebermann without [...]
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Dems against Dems in health care vote struggle – AP
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON – The end game in sight, Senate Democrats coped with stubborn internal differences as well as implacable Republican opposition on Monday in a struggle to pass health care legislation by Christmas.A liberal-backed call to expand Medicare as part of the legislation drew strong opposition from Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. and quieter concerns from a [...]
Duck-and-Run Obama – by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
December 15, 2009 By 8 Comments
The Obama White House has become like a bad reality TV show.
Obama for World President? – by David Gutmann
December 8, 2009 By 52 Comments
How the president is exploiting his office for more grandiose goals.
