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22 Mar 2010 12:04

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Politics: “Fire Nancy Pelosi”: The GOP’s day-after health care hangover

  • Might as well try to use your momentum. The Republicans, still smarting from the health care loss, have used the opportunity to turn GOP.com into this atrocity of a Web site seemingly designed to reflect the anger of whoever designed it. Art is emotion, of course, but Nancy Pelosi behind a fire-heavy background may be a bit much. source
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22 Mar 2010 09:55

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Politics: A ten-minute synopsis of that whole epic health care thang

  • Missed/didn’t care about yesterday? The Huffington Post put together this great video of the highlights of the epic evening in D.C. They should’ve put it to to Pachelbel’s Canon just for effect. In other news, the person who who called Bart Stupak a “baby killer” last night is having his identity protected by his Republican peers. “Members have a right to make an idiot of themselves once without being exposed,” said Rep. Dave Obey, who knows who said it. Oh boy. source
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22 Mar 2010 09:24

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Politics: Guy who astroturfs: Be scared in November, Democrats

  • At a time when Americans foremost wanted action on jobs and the economy, they were given an unconstitutional mandate that fundamentally expands the power of government. The real winners are insurance companies and big pharma.
  • FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey • Regarding the problems he sees with the health care bill. Armey, one of dozens of voices in a chorus of political voices the New York Times put together after the vote, stands out because he ended his quote with this ominous statement: “This debate is far from over, and will be a critical issue come November.” Armey, by the way, is one of the leading behind-the-scene guys in the tea party movement, so his words should leave Democrats scared. source
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21 Mar 2010 23:17

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Politics: Who called Bart Stupak “baby killer”? Twitter debates



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21 Mar 2010 23:13

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U.S.: What comes next for health care before it hits Obama’s desk?

  • The House now tackles reconciliation. Obama’s signature legislation, now headed to his desk, is just one part of the deal. The second part is another bill that takes on the changes to the bill through reconciliation. The House is tackling that now, and that heads to the Senate later this week. But not without a little bit of contention to make things exciting. source
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21 Mar 2010 14:06

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Politics: Health care update: Watch live video here, and quit yer whining

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21 Mar 2010 11:23

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Politics: Racism and rage: Did the Tea Party severely hurt their movement?

  • So I’m having a hard time tonight trying to believe almost uniformly white tea partiers are anything other than a racist, right-wing reaction to the election of an African American president who brings with him feminists and gays (even if he doesn’t do as much for them as they would ideally like).
  • Salon writer Joan Walsh • Regarding yesterday’s heated health care situation, where some awful Tea Party precedents hit their ugly head. First, Rep. John Lewis, a civil-rights hero, was called the N-word (which she repeated but we won’t) at least fifteen times. Second, fellow Congressional Black Caucus leader Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was spat on by a tea partier. Third, popular gay Rep. Barney Frank was called a “homo” and F-word (not that one, the other one) by the same folks. Finally, Rep. Louise Slaughter had a brick thrown through her congressional office in Niagra Falls. Dissent is one thing, but holy crap dudes. What does health care have to do with this? You did a lot to set your cause back yesterday. source
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21 Mar 2010 10:03

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Politics: Oh boy, pressure’s on. Health Care is blazing away on Twitter.



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17 Mar 2010 21:51

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Politics: Alan Simpson’s leading Obama on a trail to deficit-cutting

  • “Here guys, a balanced budget is this way.” They don’t make Republicans like Alan Simpson anymore. The former Senator isn’t anti-tax if it means cutting the deficit down. (Sample quote: “Go ahead, keep babbling into the vapors. I’m not out to raise taxes but, for God’s sake, if these dizzy guys can’t figure out that this country…”) And right now, he’s got a job as co-chairman of President Obama’s bipartisan federal debt commission. The guy behind him is Erskine B. Bowles. The guy behind Erskine is Obama. And behind him is Joe Biden. They’re about to do a cakewalk. It should be fun. source
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17 Mar 2010 10:27

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U.S.: Auctioning off votes? Meg Whitman leads Jerry Brown in Ca. Gov. race

  • 46% support the former eBay chief executive in the governor race
  • 43% support the current California Attorney General
  • 11% support the pollster not asking so many questions source
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