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Take the "Opt Out" Public Option--Good Policy, Politics

Tom Matzzie | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Senate, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Tom Matzzie, Opt-Out, Democrats, Health Care, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Tom Matzzie

Progressives should see in the "Opt Out" an opportunity to win their policy proposal and create a political bulwark of public support behind the Public Option.

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Public Option, Public Option States, Senate Democrats, Democrats, State Opt-Out, Democrats Compromise, Democrats Opt Out, Public Option Silver Bullet, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Politics News

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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Can Obama Re-Unite Liberals and Moderates?

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Health-Care-Exchanges, Democrats, Barack Obama, Thomas Friedman, Golda Meir, Politics News
Sheri and Allan Rivlin

This year's best political play may turn out to be the Republican policy of "just say no," because it puts maximum pressure on Democrats to keep their two wings flapping in the same direction.

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Senate Passes Pentagon Budget, War Funding Bill

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Pentagon, Defense Budget, House, Afghanistan, Billion, Obama, Iraq, Defense Spending, Republicans, Defense Spending 2010, Democrats, Barack Obama, Senate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bi...

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Daily Show Hits Democrats For Giving Polluters Free Pass On Cap-And-Trade (VIDEO)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Video, Daily Show, Climate Change, Jon Stewart, Democrats, Global Warming, Green News

The Daily Show criticized the cap-and-trade bill put forth by the Democrats because it completely appeases the companies who created the problem in th...

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The Public Option "Opt-Out" Compromise Is Reasonable

Sahil Kapur | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Opt-Out Compromise, Gop, Public Option Compromise, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Health, Conservatives, Health Care, Democrats, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

A new compromise has been floated for the public health insurance option: it's not co-ops, it's not a trigger, it's a provision that allows defiant states to opt out of offering the program to consumers.

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Frank Rich: Will Lobbyists Defeat Obama's Agenda For Reform?

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Frank Rich, Politics News

IN the annals of American excess, there often arrives a moment when those with too much money, too much clout and too much hubris just can't stop them...

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Why It's Good for Obama the Olympic Committee Didn't Pick Chicago

Roger Wolfson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympics, Chicago, Copenhagen, Obama, Afghanistan, Health Care, Presidency, Democrats, Ioc, America, Politics News
Roger Wolfson

It benefits a President to realize he can lose. It benefits a President to realize the stakes are real and failure - real, abject failure - is an option decidedly in play.

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: 80, Chicago, Spiro Agnew, Eighty Percent, Reform, South America, Alan Grayson, DC City Council, Dc, Charles Schumer, Death Panel, Die Quickly, Grayson Transcript, William Safire, Floor Speech, Midotw, Sexual Harassment, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Don't Get Sick, Health Care, Kenneth Feinberg, Reid, Tarp, Abortion, Public Option, Grayson Speech, Democrat, Letterman, Congress, Pay Czar, Democrats, Barack Obama, Schumer, Mddotw, Child Rape, Health, Harry Reid, Vacation, Nixon, Bonuses, Polanski, Gay Marriage, Healthcare, Senate, David Catania, Ben Nelson, Cloture, President Obama, Sex Scandal, Washington, Filibuster, Moral Relativism, Obama, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Republican, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Paranoid Delusions, Rio, Roman Polanski, Salaries, Rape, House, Copenhagen, Nelson, Consensual, Olympics, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Sex, Columbus Day, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Troubled Assets, David Letterman, Agnew, Safire, Feinberg, Catania, Politics News
Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Ensign Shows There's No Blushing in Politics

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP and Health Care, Health Care Reform Opponents, Congress and Health Care, Charles Grassley, Senate Finance Committee, John Ensign, Health Care Reform, John Ensign Affair, Max Baucus, Republicans, Republicans and Health Care, Chuck Grassley, Democrats, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Here's the inspiring part: the sight of John Ensign sitting behind a microphone and talking about how people need to follow the rules. He can do all this while keeping a straight face!

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Obama Should Adopt the "Public Option" in Afghanistan

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, The Surge, Foreign Policy Elites, President Barack Obama, Democrats, Bush, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Conservatives, President George W, Vietnam War, Tim Geithner, Walter Lippmann, Stanley McChrystal, Neoconservatives, Hillary Clinton, Washington Post, Republicans, Politics News
Leon T. Hadar

Will Obama disappoint the foreign policy elites or will he, like Bush, send a "Drop Dead" message to the American people?

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Dear President Obama: It Will Take True Leadership to Get Us Out of Afghanistan

Malou Innocent | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Congress, Democrats, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Republicans, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

The administration is still stuck at a crossroads: either send more troops to protect the villages of Afghanistan from the Taliban or stay at present levels (or decrease U.S. troop commitments) to go after al Qaeda cells in Pakistan.

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It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Edolphus Towns, Congressman Grayson, Seiu, Government Oversight, Defund Acorn Act, Congressman Towns, Pogo, Henry Waxman, Alan Grayson, Democrats, Kbr, Congressman Waxman, Blackwater, Energy and Commerce Committee, Defense Contractors, Government Contractors, Project of Governement Oversight, Acorn, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

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Democrat Calls Republicans "Knuckle Dragging Neanderthals." Is Berlusconi One Too? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Nagger Party, Socio Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice, Politics, Progressives, Media, Drew Westen, Headline News, Keith Olbermann, Alan Grayson, Predatory Politics, Democrats, Acorn, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Arianna Huffington, The Politcal Brain, Glenn Beck, Naggers, The Situation Room, Gloria Borgia, Cnn, Wolf Blitzer, Berlusconi, National Alliance, Chris Matthews, Positive Agenda, Alex Castellanos, Fox News, Socio-Spiritual Liberation, Nag, Republican, Repubblichini, American Enterprise Institute, Michael Ledeen, Timothy McVeigh, Obama, Black Shirts, Nancy Pelosi, American Terrorism, Oklahoma Federal Building Bombing, Milita Movement, Waco, Birthers, Tea Parties, Mobs, Mussolini, Republican Waco Hearings, Karl Rove, Daily Kos, Extremism, World News
Ronald B. Robinson

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

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Inventing the Latest Health Care Scares

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP and Health Care, Right-Wing Radio and Health Care, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Health-Care Scare Tactics, Congress, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilley, Republicans, Republicans and Health Care, Fox News and Health Care, Democrats, Health Care, Public-Option Opponents, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The health care debate has birthed an entirely new tense: In case the Present Tense and the Past Subjunctive and the Future Conditional aren't enough to satisfy you, now there's the Cataclysmic Hypothetical.

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Stewart Destroys Dems For Not Getting Public Option Passed (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Daily Show, Super Majority, Video, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Democrats, Jon Stewart, Daily Show Public Option, Jon Stewart Public Option, Comedy News

Jon Stewart went off on Senate Democrats last night for failing to get their health care reform plan past the Senate Finance Committee despite having ...

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Thug Politics in America

Karen Finney | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Newsmax, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Obama, Democrats, Glen Beck, Clinton Administration, Tom Friedman, Republicans, Politics News
Karen Finney

Having seen this movie before as a staffer in the Clinton Administration, it is painful to again watch the right-wing machinery crank into overdrive; and the rhetoric spin up on all sides.

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Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Stocks, Judaism, Retirement, Stock Market, President Obama, Rosh Hashanah, Right Wing, Obama, Media, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Stress, Internet, Stock Market Crash, Jewish, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Tech Bubble, Health Care, Republicans, Worry, Politics News
Larry Gellman

With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.

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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Winter Olympics, Chicago, Tony Blair, Christopher Bond, Anderson Cooper, South America, Cbs, International Olympic Committee, Diane Sawyer, Missouri, London, Rio De Janeiro, Katie Couric, Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Russia, Los Angeles Times, Vladimir Putin, Ram Productions, General Mcchrystal, Summer Olympics, Sochi, Abc, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Food Channel, Funen Island, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Cnn, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Fox News, Afghanistan, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Denmark, Ioc, Newspapers, William Shakespeare, David Letterman, Msnbc, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Nazipalooza

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Republicans, Kitty Werthmann, Nazis, Activism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Protest, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

It has been said that organizing liberals is a bit like herding cats. Republicans have never had this problem. They're unified under the banner of beating "them," and the "them" this time around is President Obama.

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Democratic Runoffs: Few New Yorkers Expected To Vote Today

nytimes.com | CLYDE HABERMAN | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Bill De Blasio, New York Elections, David Yassky, Runoff Elections, John Liu, Democratic Runoffs, Mark Green, Democrats, Voting Turnout, New York News

More people went to the ballpark over the weekend to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox than are likely to elect New York's next chief money man on Tu...

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Census Worker Hanging... What Pelosi Warned?

Landon Ross | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Conservatives, Nancy Pelosi, George Tiller Murder, Fox News, Census Worker, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Democrats, Right-Wing Extremism, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Landon Ross

We don't have all the facts regarding Bill Sparkman's death. Yet the fact that, upon hearing of this incident, politically minded people wonder whether the death was a result of right wing invective is telling.

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Understanding the South Ain't Easy

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: South, Politics, Jim Wallis, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Morality, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

If I must accept a party affiliation as a label, it would most likely be the religious left. If that sounds weird to you, it's merely a testament to the excellent job the right has done to brand itself as the party of the faithful.

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Harry Reid Becomes GOP Target In Nevada

Wall Street Journal | JIM CARLTON | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Reid Reelection, Gop, Re-Election, Harry Reid, Democratic, Dnc, Republicans, Democrats, 2010 Election, Senate Majority Leader, Carson City, Politics News

Mr. Reid, 69 years old, is facing mounting criticism in his home state and is trailing in the polls against two Republican challengers for his Senate ...

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A "Liberal Jew" Responds to Norman Podhoretz

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Jewish Liberals, Norman Podhoretz, Conservatives, American Values, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Liberlas, Jewish Values, Democrats, America, Jewish, Republicans, Politics News
Abby L. Ferber

The American system did make good on its promises for Jews; this is why so many Jews refuse to support the conservative politics of exclusion and fear. Podhoretz would have us chop down the ladder behind us.

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