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"Guaranteed Choice" Will Win The Health Care Debate

This week, the NBC/WSJ poll was knocked for dropping the word "choice" from its monthly question about the public health insurance plan option, which led to a drop in support for the idea. Today, Huffington Post reports SurveyUSA has a new poll out showing a whopping...

Hacker Defines Strong Public Plan (It Ain't Co-Ops)

Today, the Institute for America's Future released a new report by policy architect of the public health insurance option Jacob Hacker, sizing up the existing House and Senate bills, and the expected compromise out of the bipartisan Senate Finance Committee talks. The...

Progressive Breakfast - 8/20/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. WH Re-Engages Grassroots On Health Care Today LA Times previews today's presidential outreach: "Obama will hold a strategy session today with many of his...

You Can't Compromise Away What Is Not In The Bill

The new NBC/WSJ poll is being interpreted by some as evidence that opposition is growing against the President's health care plan, but reading the whole poll tells a different story. And unlike other news outlets in recent weeks, kudos to NBC for actually telling the...

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...

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