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Advocating for a Weak Dollar Policy Is Like Throwing a Birthday Party for Osama Bin Laden?

Mike Elk | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Federal Reserve, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Weak Dollar, Exports, Business News
Mike Elk

What is "free trade"? What is "fair trade"? "Weak dollar" policy? "Strong dollar" policy? Most people don't know so conservatives can easily come in and label something as fair trade that isn't necessarily good for anyone.

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The Wyden - Bennett Healthy Americans Act: Why Not Just Say Yes?

Lanny Davis | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Nelson, Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Wyden-Bennett-Healthy-Americans-Act, Maria Cantwell, Lamar Alexander, Bob Bennett, Judd Gregg, Tom Carper, Daniel Inouye, Ezra Klein, David Brooks, Mike-Crapo, Politics News
Lanny Davis

What exactly does the HAA accomplish that could possibly attract such broad, bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate? Universal health insurance coverage and immediate deficit neutrality in the first two years.

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Senator Wyden: "Status-Quo Caucus Led By Powerful Insurance Interests" Blocking Competition In Health Reform (VIDEO)

Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Video, Ron Wyden, Morning Meeting, Ezra Klein, Health Care Reform, Dylan Ratigan, Health Care, Politics News

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden (Oregon) appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" today to discuss his New York Times op-ed on how to improve the flawed hea...

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Your World in Charts: How Health Care Reform Will Work

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hr-3200, Health Reform, Health Care, Health Insurance, Flow Chart, Charts, Ezra Klein, Politics News
Jason Rosenbaum

Here's a simple, easy to understand chart of how health care would work if health care reform is passed. It's certainly much more specific than the Republican plan.

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Why Did Health Insurance Stocks Go Up After The President's Speech?

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Reform, Private Health Insurance, Marcy Wheeler, Human, Barack Obama, Health Care Speech, Ezra Klein, Health Care Reform, Cigna, United, Aetna, Wellpoint, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The president singled out insurance companies for special criticism in his speech on Wednesday. So why did health insurance stock prices go up the next day?

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How Progressive Groupthink Hindered Health Reform

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ezra Klein, Rahm Emanuel, Max Baucus, Paul Krugman, Josh Marshall, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Joan Walsh, Mandates, Politics News
RJ Eskow

How could the president get the idea that an individual mandate, especially without a public option, was a "goody" for progressives?

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Ezra Klein: Is The Government Going To Euthanize Your Grandmother?

Ezra Klein | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Sarah Palin Death Panels, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Ezra Klein, "Kill Granny", Sarah Palin, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, "Death Panels", Politics News

Sarah Palin's belief that the House health-care reform bill would create "death panels" might be particularly extreme, but she's hardly the only perso...

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Public Option Not The Core Of Reform: Ezra Klein

Washington Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uninsured, Health Care Exchanges, Public Health Care Option, Public Option, Ezra Klein, Politics News

"[E]ven if getting any bill called 'health care reform' passed would be good short-term politics," writes political scientist Scott Lemieux, "it's wor...

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Orszag Vs. CBO: The Battle Over The Budget Gets Personal

MSNBC | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cbo, Budget, Ezra Klein, Bill Clinton, Office of Management and Budget, Steve Elmendorf, Obama Administration, White House Budget Director, Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office, Boston Globe, Politics News

"Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag accused Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf of 'overstepping' in a Web post Sat...

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Daschle Now Claims He Never Opposed Federal Public Option

The Washington Post | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Ezra Klein, Tom Daschle, Health Insurance, Daschle, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Tom Daschle was almost the Obama administration's health czar before tax problems foiled his nomination. But in the months since he withdrew from the ...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 19, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Ezra Klein, Video, Auto Tune the News, David Souter Retires, Copyright, Danger Mouse, Bloggers, Supreme Court, David Souter, Souter Replacement, Auto-Tune-the-News, Media News

The best work of Brian Joseph Burton, better known as DJ/produce par excellence Danger Mouse, is also best known for being illegal. Naturally, I refe...

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How to Follow the Health Reform Debate

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ezra Klein, Karen Tumulty, Massachusetts Health Reform, Mandates, Max Baucus, Public Plan Option, Health Care, Health Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
RJ Eskow

With Kathleen Sebelius's nomination beginning this week, the topic of health reform is about to heat up even more. Here's a handy guide to the action.

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Sam Stein

GOP Mailer Uses Obama Supporter To Attack...Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Repbulican Attack Mail, Anti-Obama Mailer, Attack Mailer, Ezra Klein, Obama Head in the Sand, Obama Leadership, Kelin Obama, Head in the Sand, Mailer Obama, On the Ground 2008, Politics News

The Republican Party of Wisconsin is sending out a somewhat peculiar attack-mailer targeting Barack Obama. The literature accuses the Illinois Democr...

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McCain Undone By Affect And Temperament
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Abortion, David Corn, Dana Goldstein, Joe the Plumber, Presidential Debate, John McCain, Don Hazen, Emily Douglas, Mother Jones, Laura Rozen, The Progressive, The Economy, Laura McClure, The Nation, #debate08, War and Piece, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Barack Obama, Alternet, RH Reality Check, Elizabeth Gettelman, Acorn, Ezra Klein, Ari Melber, Nick Baumann, Ruth Conniff, William Ayers, Final Presidential Debate, The American Prospect, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Jonathan Stein, Home News
The Media Consortium

Special Debate Edition In the much-anticipated final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign season, the man who landed the greatest number of punch...

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McCain Fails to Vanquish "That One" in Debate
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: David Corn, Nashville Debate, John McCain, Grist, Mother Jones, Laura Rozen, The Nation, David Roberts, Greg Sargent, War and Piece, The Media Consortium, Barack Obama, TPM Election Central, Ezra Klein, Matthew DeLong, Liliana Segura, John Nichols, Salon, Joan Walsh, Home News
The Media Consortium

McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.

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Sane Climate Policy Will Save the Economy

David Roberts | Posted 07.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Policy, Ezra Klein, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Green News
David Roberts

Reducing our carbon intensity will reduce both energy demand and energy prices and spur a wave of productive investment. Sane climate policy is not a burden to bear -- it's going to save our hides.

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