Obamacare's Return Suffers From Sequelitis

February 24, 2010

Jay Cost: “The ‘original intent’ of reconciliation was to help Congress stick to its outlined budget plan, not to aid majorities in resolving inter-chamber differences on divisive, comprehensive reform of 1/6th of the United States economy.”

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The Hard Part About Playing Reconciliation is Knowing When to Flinch

February 23, 2010

Here’s the problem that reconciliation predictions run into: there’s simply no way to do the math.

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Tiger Woods: A Disgrace, But Not to the Game

February 22, 2010

Tom Brady comes off an MVP season and leaves his pregnant girlfriend for an SI cover model, and no one says he “disgraces the game.” Michael Jordan screws anything standing up and gambles madly, and no one says he “disgraces the game.” But Tiger Woods? That’s a different story.

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Blair House Summit: No CBO Estimate on Obamacare

February 22, 2010

[tweetmeme] Doug Elmendorf of the Congressional Budget Office reports that the CBO did not receive President Obama’s plan in advance, and still doesn’t have the actual legislative language. He writes: We had not previously received the proposal, and we have just begun the process of reviewing it—a process that will take some time, given the […]

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White House Releases First Real "Obamacare" Package, Senate Bill With Bonus Pork

February 22, 2010

Reconciliation, here we come: “President Barack Obama released a $950 billion health care reform proposal Monday aimed at pleasing the warring wings of his own party and bringing along skeptical voters, in part by including a provision to put off an unpopular tax on high-cost health insurance plans until 2018.”

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Obamacare's Last Stand

February 22, 2010

[tweetmeme] Update: Definitely read Phil Klein’s analysis at AmSpec. President Obama unveiled what may be his last ditch attempt to present a government-run health care proposal that can pass the Senate and House this morning in Washington, just a few days in advance of a health care summit where he will likely attempt to cast […]

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Obama Loses Support Among Christians

February 22, 2010

[tweetmeme] According to the latest report issued from The Barna Group, the best analytical group out there when it comes to faith issues, the 40% of President Obama’s support that came from born-again Christians in 2008 has diminished rapidly, particularly among evangelicals: Most Americans are not satisfied with the job the president is doing…The picture […]

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Ungovernable America? Nonsense

February 19, 2010

Krauthammer reminds us: “In the latter days of the Carter presidency, it became fashionable to say that the office had become unmanageable and was simply too big for one man. Some suggested a single, six-year presidential term. The president’s own White House counsel suggested abolishing the separation of powers.” Redux.

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Assassins had Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Sight as Soon as He Got to Dubai

February 18, 2010

“Al-Mabhouh touched down in Dubai at around 3pm from Damascus to arrange a shipment of weapons to Gaza. Hamas has not explained why one of its senior commanders, a marked man with several assassination attempts against him already, should have arrived alone without any security.”

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Republicans Won't Profit From Dems Sinking Unless They Have a Plan

February 18, 2010

Barone: “In five decades of closely following American politics, I have never seen the Democratic Party in worse shape. Democrats trail in polls in 11 of the 18 Democratic-held Senate seats up this fall and lead in polls in none of the 18 Republican-held seats.” But will it mean anything?

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