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Health Care: Let the Majority Be Heard
The editors of the Wall Street Journal say that the public option in health care reform has been "sent to the death panel." Obama "concedes" the public option, reports the Financial Times. Even liberals seem to agree. The public option is "all but gone," writes Bob...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/19/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Democrats May Go It Alone The futile quest for bipartisanship may be dead. NYT: "...Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in...
The Day In Bipartisan Futility
Let's recap the day's health care developments. The #2 Republican in the Senate called the attempted co-op compromise a "Trojan Horse" and "a step towards government-run health care in this country." The head of the House Republican Study Committee called co-ops...
China Is Being Smart On Trade. Will We?
Trade is not complicated. Trade is just an exchange of goods. You trade something for something. I buy something from you, and in exchange you buy something from me. It is simple. It is a win-win bargain because we both end up with something we needed. The wealth of...
Joe The Plumber Doesn't Know He Was Being Ironic
We all remember the lovable "Joe" the "Plumber", just your typical Joe Sixpack, average American, undecided about whether he was going to vote for the evil socialist tyrant or Grandpappy McCain (amazingly this swingiest of swing voters chose McCain in the end--you...
You Can't Solve A Problem With Someone Who Doesn't Believe There's A Problem
NYTimes.com today highlights a clip from my regular "The Week In Blog" feature at Bloggingheads.tv where Politics Daily's Matt Lewis and I discussed the desire of the conservative protesters to kill any attempt to reform health care. If you haven't watched our...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/18/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. No One Can Say How Co-Ops Would Actually Work NYT explores the difficulties co-ops would have, including current insurer monopolies BECOMING co-ops: "The...
Triumph of the Willfully Ignorant
Sarah Palin, and the Sarah Palins of American politics, have won a significant victory. If you want to know who has the last word on policy, look no further than her and what she represents Unless some significant shift occurs, the Senate Finance Committee's decision...
Can You Find The Republican Who Will Vote For Health Insurance Co-Ops?
The NY Times lede today said the White House "willing to compromise and would consider a proposal for a nonprofit health cooperative being developed in the Senate." Compromise with who? What Republicans have said he or she will vote for health care reform if it...
Health Care Decision: Who Does Government Help?
The health care debate is bringing America's division out into the open: Is America going to work for the benefit of its people or for the few who benefit from concentrated ownership of large corporations? Who is our economy FOR, anyway? The argument over health care...
