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Progressive Breakfast - 9/11/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Prez Speech Reverberates On Capitol Hill As Talks Continue Another poll shows bounce for reform. CBS: "Last week, just 40 percent of these adults approved of...

Postcard from Canada: Why I Missed Obama's Speech

True confessions: I missed the health care speech. While the whole lefty blogosphere was watching and blogging and tweeting, I was sacked out in my attic bedroom high on a mountainside in Vancouver, sleeping off a narcotic haze and the exhausting aftermath of a long...

Today, We're Going To Learn About Temper Tantrums

Earlier today on WHMP's Bill Dwight Show, I offered my analysis of President Obama's speech. The segment starts about five minutes in. Terrance Heath made the point earlier today that apparently we now need a grownup's table and a kid's table for Presidential...

Congress Is For Grown-Ups Only

I didn't see the president's speech on health care reform last night, because it fell right in the middle of the kids' bedtime. I read about it afterwards. But I couldn't believe this until I'd seen it myself. It happened at 8:40 pm, just after the president vowed to...

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