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Obama, Durbin and Pelosi All Point Fingers at Someone Else for Killing Public Option

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

It's all Kabuki theater to cover up the truth that President Obama made a backroom deal with the for-profit hospital industry that the final health care bill would not include a national public option.

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Calling Out the House Progressive Caucus: Are You Men and Women, or Are You Mice?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.

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Harry Reid Ad Star: I'll Switch Parties If He Delivers Public Option

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just got off the phone with Lee Slaughter, the ailing Nevada woman who is starring in a powerful new ad demanding that Harry Reid prove "strong enou...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Osborne

The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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Anthony Weiner: GOP Public Option Opponents Should Give Up Their Medicare

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) called on 55 Republican adversaries of the public option to give up their government-funded health insurance...

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Sam Stein

Dems Discussing Public Option With Opt-Out Clause: The Silver Bullet?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Democrats have begun discussions on a compromise approach to health care reform that would establish a robust, national public option for insur...

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The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

From the moment he was elected, Obama has governed not as a progressive liberal but as a corporatist liberal. Progressive liberals hoped Obama would be like FDR. Instead, he's been like Bill Clinton on steroids.

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Who's Killing the Public Option? President Obama With a Rahm-Bow

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

Those fighting for a "robust" public option need to finally accept the hard truth that Barack Obama is not an ally. He's an obstacle.

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Sam Stein

Delaware Dems Put Pressure On Carper, Pass Public Option Resolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yet another state Democratic Party has passed a resolution urging its congressional representatives in Washington to pass a public option for insuranc...

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Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on Dropping State Single Payer Amendment

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

Progressive leaders are calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision they promised was essential.

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Seething Dems Hit Back At Report That Public Option Is Dead In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are adamantly pushing back against reports that she does not have the necessary votes to pas...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Osborne

Popular action is the very definition of democracy. It doesn't happen without us, and it isn't a human right upheld by some magic fairness-fairy. If the public option's not in the bill, it's because we haven't shown up to demand it.

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Ryan Grim

Crunch Time: Pelosi Puts Dem Reps On Record On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ramped up the pressure on wavering Democrats Friday morning, calling on them to state in front of their colleagu...

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Sam Stein

Opt-Out Public Option Gains Steam Among Dems, But Questions Remain

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Reporting By Jeff Muskus Democratic senators were largely caught off-guard on Thursday as a compromise approach to health care reform -- emergin...

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Rahm: Public Option Not Likely To Pass

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate has been fairly clear that they cannot pass a healthcare bill including a public option, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel asserted W...

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Don't Let The Crazy People Win This One

Erica Jong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Jong

I'm not a diplomat or a politician. I haven't got the patience. But it's clear to me that our country's lack of a public option in health care is bankrupting businesses and families.

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