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health care reform Archive
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Getting It Done
As folks watch the House on C-SPAN, President Barack Obama nails down the final votes needed to pass his health... -
Newsom Jumps In . . . To Mass. Senate Race Coakley Defense Effort
As President Obama and former President Clinton lent their support to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s race for U.S. Senate,... -
Ohioans Don’t Trust the GOP … But At Least ‘We’re Number 37!’
A new Quinnipiac Poll is out (with Ohio Senate numbers), and Ohioans — in our role as, well, basically, representative... -
Twenty-Four Hours Later: More From Wilson, For Miller
Last night, at a little past 12:15 a.m., I wrote about “one important way in which the power of communication... -
What We’re Up Against
From the Mount Shasta Area Newspapers: One speaker said he could trace his ancestors back to the Mayflower and said “they... -
See Rachel Speak. See Dick Squirm.
Absolutely fabulous. So glad to see Dick Armey find no way out of Rachel Maddow’s grasp — other than the... -
Obama Takes On ‘This Town’
Liveblog fun. AP and Reuters ask silly process Qs. Chuck Todd asks a bunch of questions that end up at “Will you... -
Making A Splash, Disagreement Within the Party: Talking With Rep. Polis
This past week, freshman U.S. Rep. Jared Polis — a Democrat elected to represent Colorado’s Second District — decided it... -
Is Health Care Doomed? Already?
Marc Ambinder lays out a two-part marker: bi-partisanship won’t lead to health care reform and Congress won’t pass universal health... -
'There is always a reason not to do it.'
President Obama made a strong case, at the very end of today’s health care summit, for why now. After noting...