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Daily Pulse: It Could Happen to You

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

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Lindsay Beyerstein

Opponents of health care reform are trying to pit the insured against everyone else.

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Daily Pulse: Goldfish and the Public Option

Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Lindsay Beyerstein

Perhaps the biggest drawback of Obama's hands off approach is that administration can't make a positive case for reform. So, the president has decided to step in and dictate terms to Congress.

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Weekly Pulse: The Rocky Road to Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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The Media Consortium

Obama must have been disappointed when the non-partisan CBO announced last week that the Dem's healthcare bills won't cut spending, as he won't sign a bill that doesn't contain cost cuts.

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Nervous Dems Give Obama Stupid and Redundant Advice

Ari Melber | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

No matter how the Democrats are doing, it seems, their top strategists and party elders spend September publicly "worrying" that they look weak -- which is weak.

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