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Joseph Cao: "Future Of GOP" Voted To Rebuke Wilson

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Joseph Cao was hailed six months ago as the future of the GOP. Yesterday, he voted to rebuke Joe Wilson. Can the most endangered Republican in the Hou...

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Rangel: Obama Speech Made Health Bill Harder

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Caught off guard, congressional Democrats are grappling with President Barack Obama's unexpected call for immediate access to insur...

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Shimkus' Obama Walkout Could Create Campaign Problems

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 11.14.2009 | Chicago

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When downstate Republican Congressman John Shimkus walked out on the president's health care speech last week, he might have walked into an actual re-...

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Joe Wilson Raises $750,000 In Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million

Capitol Briefing | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of "You lie!" to P...

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Calhoun Conservatism Raises Its Ugly Head

Mike Lux | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

Joe Wilson's thuggishness on Wednesday night and the conservative movement's embrace of his action yesterday are just the latest examples of Calhoun Conservatism.

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Robinson: Obama Should Just Ignore "Spoiled First Graders" In GOP

Washington Post | Eugene Robinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Anyone who watched Wednesday night as President Obama explained his health-care reform proposals to Congress saw a chief executive making what sounded...

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Girlfriends' Guide: What Are We Teaching Our Kids About the President, Anyway?

Vicki Iovine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

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Vicki Iovine

When I heard that the same parents who fail to go to Open House Night to meet the teachers who spend every day teaching our kids decided that watching the President of the United States address them was something they could not allow, I staggered.

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Public Option Vital to Health Reform

Lois Quam | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Lois Quam

Like many supporters of a new public option health plan sitting in the House gallery, I was gratified to hear the President reiterate his continued support for creating such a plan.

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Rep. John Shimkus Walked Out On Obama Speech Out Of "Frustration"

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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While U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) has been pilloried for yelling at President Obama during his address to Congress Wednesday evening, one of his Repub...

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Hatch: I Sincerely Doubt Snowe Or Collins Will Support Health Care Reform

Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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What did conservative Republicans think of President Obama's health care speech last night? Not very much, apparently. Sen Orrin Hatch (R-UT)--who, yo...

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Obama's Preventive Care Pitch

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

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Dr. Jon LaPook

This week I underwent a colonoscopy with cameras rolling in an attempt to remind people that a screening colonoscopy can save your life.

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In Defense of Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Robert J. Elisberg

People across America were stunned that Rep. Joe Wilson could be so rude, so thoughtless, so disrespectful. Not me. I just figured he thought he was at a Democratic town hall meeting.

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Obama Kept Public Option on the Field. You Must Get It Over the Goal Line.

Bill Scher | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Bill Scher

Obama is saying to those of us who are already convinced: I put the ball back on the field. It's your job to get it over the goal line.

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Wilson Is the Poster "Child" for the New Republican Party

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

The other night, Joe Wilson etched his political legacy into the wall of American history. He will forever be the poster child that symbolizes the new Republican Party.

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Barack Obama: President of Policy Ends, Not Ideological Means

Zack Cooper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Zack Cooper

From here forward, the health care bill that the President will sign should be named 'The Character of Our Country Health Care Reform Plan'.

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Obama Health Care Speech Reaction From Huffington Post Readers

Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Last night we asked Huffington Post readers to share their thoughts about President Obama's health care speech. A huge number of people responded, exp...

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Obama Speech Shifted Public Opinion In His Favor: Polls

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Polls suggest that President Obama's address to Congress on health care reform had a positive effect on shifting public opinion. A CNN/Opinion Resea...

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President Obama Speech Scored Points, NY Dems Say

New York Daily News | By Michael Mcauliff and Kenneth R. Bazinet | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

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WASHINGTON - President Obama energized House liberals with talk of a public health care option, but fell short of capturing the hearts of Republicans ...

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The Problem with Obama's Speech

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Why bah humbug Obama's health care speech? Because it went almost exactly as predicted. Great rhetorical flourishes, but did anyone hear him say that he was definitely going to fight for the public option? No.

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What Still Ails America

Mary Lyon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

We're addicted to attacking each other. To the point where some of us wear firearms to town hall meetings, heckle disabled women in wheelchairs, and bite actual body parts off people.

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Impact Man: Obama's Comeback

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Obama didn't simply come out swinging in his health care speech. He also made the single most persuasive case for government intervention in decades.

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Jonathan Cohn: The News In The Speech

The New Republic | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Looks like there's some news in the speech after all. Quite a bit. On the policy front, President Obama tonight endorses, clearly and unambiguousl...

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Rachel Maddow On Obama's Speech: President Offered "Full, Formal Defense Of Liberalism" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Rachel Maddow's initial reaction to President Obama's health care speech to a joint session of Congress was largely favorable, particularly the end of...

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President Discusses Letter Ted Kennedy Sent Him On Health Care Reform (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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President Obama related a moving letter that the late Senator Ted Kennedy wrote to him regarding the importance that health care reform has to the mor...

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Obama Health Care Speech Reactions

Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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George Stephanopoulos, ABC News I...think this might have been the most emotional speech I've ever seen President Obama give. He was right on the edg...

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