Sustainability| More...
 

Olympia Snowe

White House Thinks Trigger More Progressive Than Opt-Out: Mark Whitaker

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Trigger, Public Option Trigger, White House Trigger, Public Option Opt-Out, Olympia Snowe Trigger, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

According to NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker, some in the White House -- and on Capitol Hill -- think a 'triggered' public option is pr...

Read Whole Story

From California to Maine: Lessons in Reliability and Perseverance

Joseph DiNorcia, Jr. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Progressives, Olympia Snowe, Abstience Only, Maine Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Joseph DiNorcia, Jr.

When push came to shove, the voters of both Maine and California have acted to restrict marriage rights. So what's going on? Why have these states abandoned us and the progressive cause?

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Michael Steele Flip-Flops On Moderate Republicans [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moderate Republicans, Olympia Snowe, Gop, Rnc, Michael Steele, Election Results, Politics News

Remember Election Night 2009? The big takeaway from the 23rd District of New York -- where Democrat Bill Owens prevailed as the first Democrat to win...

Read Whole Story

Senate "Moderates" Delaying Health Care Bill With Demands

The Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe Health Care, Senate Moderates, Mary Landrieu Health Care, Mary Landrieu, Senate Health Care Reform, Senate Moderates Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs Health Care Reform, Evan Bayh, Blue Dogs, Olympia Snowe, Blanche Lincoln Health Care, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Moderate lawmakers are exerting their outsize influence in the divided Senate to secure changes to health-care reform legislation, potentially adding ...

Read Whole Story

Time for Liberals to Give Up on the Public Option

Lanny Davis | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wyden-Bennett Healthy Americans Act, Public Option, Joseph Lieberman, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Lanny Davis

The dream of a national health insurance system that guarantees that matters of life or death are not a function of wealth can finally come true, but only if the public option is put aside for now.

Read Post

Ryan Grim

Snowe, Collins Refuse To Say How They Voted On Maine Gay Marriage Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Maine Gay Marriage, Collins Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Referendum, Gay Marriage, Snowe Gay Marriage, Politics News

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Senate Republicans from Maine, have amassed outsized power by playing their legislative cards very tightly and ke...

Read Whole Story

The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steven Hill, New America Foundation, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Barack Obama, President Obama, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Steven Hill

Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?

Read Post

Who Will Step Into Ted Kennedy's Shoes on Health Care

Sandy Maisel | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Orin Hatch, Chuck Schumer, Olympia Snowe, Ted Kennedy Health Care, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

Some see Kennedy's legacy as the roaring liberal lion, ready to express moral outrage. And surely he was that. But his lasting legacy may well be as the respected legislator who could reach across the aisle.

Read Post

Olympia Snowe Still Opposes Public Option Because it's Too Good

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Smith, Joe Lieberman, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Olympia Snowe Public Option, Olympia Snowe Health Care Reform, Olympia Snowe Health Care, Snowe Health Care, Snowe Public Option, Health Care, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

Snowe's blindly ideological view on health care asserts, against common sense, that even when the outcome is likely to be inferior, we should prefer "private" solutions.

Read Post

Lieberman Twists the Knife

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Olympia Snowe, Senate, Public Option, Ron Paul, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Medicare, Joe Lieberman, Libertarian, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? His threat to thwart a vote on health care legislation should be the last straw that ends his Democratic caucus connection.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, Roland Burris, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Health Care Reform, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

Read Whole Story

How Lieberman Stole Reid's Candy and Drank Snowe's Milkshake

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trigger, Snowe, Public Option, Hcr, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Obama, Opt-Out, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Reid, Healthcare, Lieberman, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Forty-eight hours ago, Snowe could have extracted almost anything from the Democratic leadership. Then 24 hours ago, Snowe became irrelevant -- and two hours ago, Lieberman seized his opportunity.

Read Post

Sam Stein

As Others Debate Health Care's Future, Snowe Raises Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympia Snowe, Snowe Fundraiser, Snowe the New Republic, Lobbyblog, Fundraiser Snow Health Care Conference, Health Care Reform Will It Work, Politics News

The New Republic hosted an interesting and generally newsworthy conference today at the Phoenix Park Hotel on the current status of the health care de...

Read Whole Story

The Public Option, and Why Letting It Snowe Is Foolish

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Filibuster, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

If a health care bill is as critical as the Democrats -- and American public -- say it is, then what matters is passing it in as strong a form as possible, not gutting it for the sake of one, empty Republican vote.

Read Post

Please Mr. President, Stick To Your Guns and Don't Pull the Trigger on Public Option

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: M=Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Trigger, Obama, Public Option, Health Care, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Politics News
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

Obama should be worrying less about Reid's arithmetic and more about losing some progressive senators who may not pass a plan that includes the trigger provision.

Read Post

Howard Fineman: Obama's Pointless Pursuit Of Olympia Snowe

Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. John Kerry, Senate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Republican, Health Care Reform, Senate Finance Committee Bill, Bipartisanship, Republican Senators, Barack Obama, Politics News

On Mount Olympus in Greece there were many gods, but on Mount Olympia in the District of Columbia there is one: Snowe of Maine, daughter of Spartan im...

Read Whole Story

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ads, Health Care Bill, Trigger, White House, MoveOn.Org, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Filibuster, Obama, Trigger Option, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Maine, House, Insurance Industry, Obama White House, Senate, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Health Care, Politics News

President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as p...

Read Whole Story

Momentum, Confusion, and Sticking to the Strategy

Mike Lux | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Compromise, 2009 Obama Administration, Health Care Trigger, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Mike Lux

I think we're still moving forward with health care reform. The next few days will tell us what kind of deals can be cut, but no matter what, I think the strategy for progressives remains the same as it has been.

Read Post

Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Pentagon, Troops, Medicare for All, Rumor Mongering, Guantanamo, Monopoly, Reform, Alan Grayson, Dscc, Pentagon Budget, Roger Ailes, Nixonian, Charles Schumer, President, Magic, Military, Bailout, Emanuel, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Ailes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reid, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Playing the Victim, Close Gitmo Now, Rumor, Stage Magic, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rage Against the Machine, Executive Compensation, Calls, Schumer, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Wasted, Health, Weiner, Harry Reid, Nixon, Healthcare, Senate, Orchestra Pit Theory, President Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Fox, Obama, Democratic, Media, Grayson, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Snowe, Enemy, Organizing for America, Misdirect, Guantanamo Bay, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Orchestra Pit, Victim, Robust Public Option, Anthony Weiner, Trigger, Trust Busting, House, Tom Morello, Victim Card, War, Ad, Opt Out, 1000 Hours, Defense Appropriations, Enemy of America, Misdirection, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, 300000, Fox News, Medicare, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Torture, Morello, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

Read Post

Jeff Muskus

Snowe Warns Reid On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Health Reform, Health Care, Senate Health Bill, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to ...

Read Whole Story

The Big Picture: Sick People -- Not a Public Option

James Sanders | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Public Option, Senate Finance Committee, Safe and Secure, Olympia Snowe, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Politics News
James Sanders

Are the Democrats missing the big picture? If they are, heaven help the sick. Until common ground is found, those millions of American citizens that are sick and without health insurance might not be able to hold on.

Read Post

Obama Gets Flack From Liberal Democrats

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: William Thompson, Obama, Alan Grayson, Health Care, New York Elections, Michael Bloomberg, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Barbara Probst Solomon

The president's Achilles heel is his need to present an image always above the fray. Our brilliant Obama loves his self image too much.

Read Post

Oct. 18, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bill Thompson, Barack Obama, Olympia Snowe, Balloon Boy, Home News
Richard Valeriani

OCT. 18, 2009, NEWS UPDATE Senate Finance Committee approves sweeping health care reform bill by vote of 14-9 -- including, gasp, a Republican. Tha...

Read Post

Olympia Snowe's Mysterious Role in Health Care Reform

Sahil Kapur | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Olympia Snowe, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Democrats, Reconciliation, Barack Obama, Health Care, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

The main source of tension is that preserving Snowe's vote will likely require sacrificing the public insurance option, a provision supported by a majority of the public but opposed by Republicans and conservative activists.

Read Post

The Rock Obama Returns: SNL Has Beefed-Up Prez Beat-Up Sens Baucus & McConnell (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Snl, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, Snl the Rock Obama, Video, Mitch McConnell, The Rock Obama Video, Saturday Night Live the Rock Obama, Olympia Snowe, Max Baucus, Saturday Night Live, Barack Obama, The Rock Obama, Rock Obama Saturday Night Live, The Rock Obama Snl, Rock Obama, Snl Rock Obama, Rock Obama Snl, Comedy News

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made a special guest appearance on "Saturday Night Live" this week to reprise his role as "The Rock Obama." This was by far ...

Read Whole Story