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Conservative Health Care Response Ignores Facts
The reviews of President Obama's health care speech before a joint session of Congress have been fairly glowing. Most agree that the President made a strong case for health insurance reform and did a good job of explaining why the public option is important, even if...
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...
Obama Kept Public Option On The Field. You Must Get It Over The Goal Line.
After last night speech, I have no idea what President Obama's legislative strategy is regarding a public health insurance option. But I know he's made a public option more possible. And I know what needs to happen to get it done. Some pundits are looking at the...
The President's Speech: What Now?
The President gives a great speech. He offers reason against hysteria. He summons us to our better angels. He challenges politicians and Americans to do "great things," because that is "who we are." He claims the center by defining himself against...
Progressive Breakfast - 9/10/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Public Opinion Jumps After Presidential Address Speech a hit with audience. CNN: "About one in seven people who watched the speech changed their minds on...
Fox Says Losing Advertisers Doesn't Hurt. Don't You Believe It.
As of today, Glenn Beck has lost 62 advertisers and counting due to Color of Change's campaign. And FOX is still asserting that this doesn't really hurt the network as a whole, because the advertisers are simply re-directing their ad buys to other shows. A lot of...
"China Tire Case": Obama Trade Policy Decision Nears
President Obama faces a tough decision soon that will signal how his administration will tackle the problem of balancing our trade policies. This is the upcoming "Section 421 Tire Case" decision. Summary: American has been importing more and more tires from China...
What Obama's Next Big Speech Should Be
At a delightful dinner party the other night, our host, a cosmopolitan man with interests ranging from water in California to Sufism in India, punctuated a brief complaint about the economy by noting, "And of course, I'm a nut on trade" (meaning an ardent...
Progressive Breakfast: How Itchy Is That Trigger Finger?
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Trigger Proposal Floated By Numerous Dems, Including Speaker The Treatment's Suzy Khimm speculates what Sen. Snowe's version of a trigger may look like:...
