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Entries by Robert Kuttner from 02/2010

Weathervane Week

| Posted 02.07.2010 | Business
Read More: Obama Bipartisanship, Bipartisanship, Obama Republicans Health Care, Obama-Health-Care-Reform, Obama Republicans Health Care Summit, Business News

How much more of this will it take before Obama and the Democrats grasp that bipartisanship is a dead letter, a lousy tactic, and a sign of presidential weakness?

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Progressive Hardball

| Posted 02.14.2010 | Politics
Read More: Filibuster Reform, Filibuster, Tim Johnson, Chris Dodd, Tim-Johnson-Banking-Committee, Senate Banking Committee, GOP Filibuster, Politics News

If Democrats can start sounding like Democrats again, they'll have a better shot at holding onto their majority in Congress next November.

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Moment of Truth

| Posted 02.21.2010 | Politics
Read More: Obama Bipartisanship, Evan Bayh, Dysfunctional Washington, Bipartisanship, Bayh Retirement, Evan Bayh Retirement, Barack Obama Bipartisan Appeal, Politics News

March 2010 will either be remembered as the month when the scales fell from Barack Obama's eyes and he realized that the bipartisan fantasy, given the current Republican Party, is a fool's errand.

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The Cure That Dares Not Speak Its Name

| Posted 02.28.2010 | Politics
Read More: Universal Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Public Option, Obama Public Option, Universal Healthcare, Politics News

How does the rest of the club of affluent countries manage to insure everyone for 9 or 10 percent of GDP, and have a healthier and longer-lived population, to boot?

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