While a health care summit is not supposed to have a winner, any event as big as this one and as full of political theater do have winners and losers in Washington DC. So, the outcome: Obama wins and the Congressional Democrats lose. Overall, Obama’s even temper, ability to handle the Alpha group of Congressional [...]
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Health Care Summit Live
February 25th, 2010
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I will do a full recap of the debate at its conclusion, but in the meantime if you want to follow the debate live yourself……
http://www.c-span.org/Topics/Health-Care-Insurance-Reform-Legislation-Town-Hall.aspx
The Media Talks About Obama’s Plan
February 23rd, 2010
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We would like to again point out that as the President’s health care language currently stands, according to Obama’s own rubrick, this is not a actual proposal.
That said, there is still enough for us to talk about, and we have (here and here). There is also enough for the media to start taking apart the [...]
President Obama’s Health Care Plan Update
February 22nd, 2010
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If there was any doubt that the release of President Obama’s Health Care proposal was going to be a political maneuver instead of a true policy release, then we suggest that you visit the White House website and
