Health Care
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Politics, people, and Pawlenty's priorities
Washington Monthly &bull Yesterday
The American higher education system shunts striving low- income students into a class of schools invisible to the elite. The only thing these schools do well is drive their students to quit. POLITICS, PEOPLE, AND PAWLENTY'S PRIORITIES.... Following up on an item from yesterday, Minnesota, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), desperate to pander… Full Story »
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Mary Jo Kilroy's Path To Victory In OH 15
National Journal - Hotline On Call &bull YesterdayWelcome back to Hotline On Call's "Path To Victory." This week we're looking at OH 15, where Rep. Mary Joe Kilroy (D) is facing a rematch against Steve Stivers (R). One aspect of this race that is particularly striking: Both sides are confident that they will win. Republicans have seen Kilroy's personal disapproval remain consistently high throughout her first term, while Democrats believe Stivers'… Full Story »
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Breaching FDR's Fortress, cont.
The American Prospect - Tapped &bull YesterdaySaying "the conservative movement hasn't really changed the guiding assumptions of American governance or stopped the expansion of the welfare state" isn't just not true, it's a ridiculous statement. It's a bit past ridiculous, in fact. The conservative movement hasn't changed guiding assumptions of… Full Story »
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Why Vitrol Matters
The Daily Dish &bull Yesterday
The real danger-and the real cunning-of "incivility" such as Palin's is that it exempts her from dealing with complicated issues head-on. Her healthcare rhetoric shut down serious debate of the issue before it could begin, and implanted in her followers'… Full Story »
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Legacy of Iraq war won't be winding down | The Japan Times Online
search.japantimes.co.jp via @portalnews_jp &bull YesterdayNEW YORK - The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in what is euphemistically called the end of the Iraq war portends anything but the end of the conflict. The consequences of the war will be felt for many years to come. Former President George W. Bush and his advisers are to blame for engaging in a war that has ravaged… Full Story »
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September is National Preparedness Month
www.publicsafetydegrees.com via @Olmedic &bull YesterdayNational Preparedness Month (NPM) was created to help people become aware of the potentials for emergencies and to help plan for the possibility of such events. Each September, the Ready Campaign and Citizens Corps., help to put focus onto the… Full Story »
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Yes, progressives are to 'blame' for Sarah Palin
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
Even though they do not want to, Obamacrats must take the lion's share of the blame for not only destroying the greatness that was the party of Jackson, Truman, and Roosevelt but also for creating the monster that is Sarah Palin and her feminist mama grizzly Tea Party movement. Obamacrats inadvertently set all this up when they first practiced to kill Hillary Clinton. They said Obama could bridge the partisan divide… Full Story »
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Golden Gate [X]press : BREAKING NEWS: Nancy Pelosi praises SF State, student veterans
xpress.sfsu.edu via @NewsForVets &bull YesterdaySpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) praised the post-9/11 GI Bill and SF State's role in serving veterans at the University's Seven Hills Conference Center this morning. It's great to be here at SF State and under your… Full Story »
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Do Liberals Need Their Own Sarah Palin?
www.care2.com via @FollowPalin &bull YesterdayHello, I saw this on Care2 and thought you'd like it as well. Sarah Palin's power is unmistakable (as Lisa Murkowski, mostly recently, can attest), whether she's sending incomprehensible tweets, headlining at Glenn Beck rallies or campaigning for Tea Party candidates, and she is showing no sign of slowing down. Her success is now leading liberals, who keep just hoping that she'll go away, to question whether we should have been capitalizing on some of the energy that she has tapped, and whether, instead of just waiting… Full Story »
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Village narrative sets in: It's the liberal overreach
Daily Kos &bull Yesterday
Via Armando, TIME magazine's Michael Scherer fires the first real salvo in the "it's the progressives fault" for the looming Dem disaster in November. After a meeting in December 2008 about the severity of the economic crisis, Axelrod pulled Obama aside. He recalls… Full Story »
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Callahan takes shot at Dent's record on jobs
Morning Call - Pennsylvania Avenue &bull Yesterday
Total People in Discussion: 0Categories:Congress, Election, Election 2010, Pennsylvania, Politics, Washington D.C. Congressional candidate John Callahan's release of a five-point plan to grow jobs has prompted the state Democratic Party to list the five-point plan that they think Callahan's Republican opponent, Rep. Charlie Dent, is peddling. Congressman Charlie Dent's five-point job plan is simple: ship… Full Story »
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Thank a Union Member on Labor Day
Examiner Politics Channel Articles &bull Yesterday
On Monday September 6, Americans will observe the 129th Labor Day celebration. The Allegheny County Labor Council will host its 29th consecutive parade downtown. Pittsburgh's parade is one of the largest Labor Day events in the United States, with nearly 200 groups and 80,000 people participating. Everything good about your standard of living came to you through the organized labor movement. First celebrated by the Knights of Labor in 1882, Congress proclaimed a national holiday in 1894. Unions created the day to honor… Full Story »
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Cutting veteran benefits is not the way to cut the deficit (Rep. John Hall)
The Hill - Congress Blog &bull Yesterday
This week Mr. Simpson blamed disabled veterans for adding to our nation's budget deficit. His comments came just days after a Veterans Administration announcement that it is expanding eligibility for disability compensation to veterans suffering from three diseases associated with… Full Story »
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Schneiderman's liberal factor
Politico Top 10 Blogs &bull Yesterday
There's been a lot of discussion recently about AG hopeful Eric Schneiderman's liberal creds, and whether certain elements will hurt him in general election against GOPer Dan Donovan if he emerges as the nominee from the five-way Democratic primary. The… Full Story »
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President-Elect Obama On The Stimulus, January 7, 2009
TalkLeft &bull Yesterday
Time magazine's false report that Congressional liberal lions called the shots on the stimulus is belied by this January 7, 2009 CNBC interview with then President-elect Obama : [JOHN] HARWOOD: Tomorrow you're going to give a speech and talk about… Full Story »
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Survey: Employers still shifting insurance costs to workers
McClatchy &bull Yesterday
WASHINGTON - An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs. The premium… Full Story »
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House Democrats To Obama: No Cuts To Social Security
The American Prospect Election Central &bull Yesterday
Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva are drawing a line in the sand before the White House's fiscal commission: If your report recommends cuts or other changes to Social Security, they will say, you'll lose our support. In a letter to be sent to President Obama, obtained by TPM, House Democrats will pledge to vote against any legislation based on the commission's report unless… Full Story »
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Bill Scher: GOP Gov. Pawlenty And Dem Sen. Wyden Prove Health Care Reform Is Not A Federal Government Takeover
Huffington Post-Politics Blogs &bull Yesterday
Soon after Congress passed health care reform, Minnesota Gov. and likely '12 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty decried that "we now have the federal government reaching... Full Story »
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Rove Group Drops Four New Senate Race Ads (VIDEO)
The American Prospect Election Central &bull Yesterday
American Crossroads, the conservative group backed by Karl Rove and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, has a whole set of new ads in four key Senate races. First up is an ad in Nevada, against Senate Majority Leader… Full Story »
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Criticize Obama? Sure. But Not For This.
The New Republic All Blogs &bull Yesterday
I've heard a lot of theories about why President Obama and the Democrats are in political trouble right now. And I find most of them plausible. President Obama's undoing may be his disingenuousness," Caddell says. After campaigning for post-partisanship, Obama,… Full Story »
