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I don't like to say I told you so, but I've been saying for months now that the trick is to drag this thing across the finish line with 50.0000000000001 per cent of the vote as soon as possible. From my "Happy Warrior" column in NR back in July:
Obama believes in “the fierce urgency of now”, ...
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Mark Steyn
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Michelle Malkin answers the question Rich posed in
the FPOD. Evidently, the congressman's about as cheap a
date as they come: Cao wrote he obtained commitment from President Obama that he would work together to address the health care issues of ...
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What did Cao get? -- By: Andy McCarthy
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found this 24 minutes agofound this
some late-night analysis in " Critical Condition ," our health-care policy blog.
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Jean Schmidt
President Obama, in his pitch to Democrats on the Hill today (from the New York Times ):
Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports ...
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Baron Hill
United States
Jean Schmidt
Earl Blumenauer
A friend e-mails:
First, it locks in 64 Dems on this precise pro-life language. Second, major defeat for Speaker Pelosi who tried to siphon off support for Stupak with an undermining amendment by Rep. from Indiana. Right off the bat, puts Senate Dems behind the eight ball on the life ...
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Bart Stupak
Rich Lowry
Listening to the debate on the floor today, it was clear that Democrats considered it a moral and ideological obligation to pass this bill--consequences be damned. The leadership is congratulating itself now—Pelosi is already the greatest speaker of all time apparently--but there's a tough ...
Congress
Harry Reid
Rich Lowry
Nancy Pelosi
Jules Crittenden on the killer within :
[Major Hasan] probably deserves desertion, treason and terrorism charges if, as all indicators seem to very strongly suggest, he was engaged in jihad, from his violence-inciting, hateful rants about the Koran, his denunciation of the United States as ...
World
Mark Steyn
From the RH Reality Check abortion site (bold is mine):
Tonight, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment to HR 3200, the Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.
More in-depth analysis of how we ...
Congress
Jean Schmidt
Bart Stupak
Health care
Planned Parenthood responds to Stupak:
“The Stupak/Pitts amendment violates the spirit of health care reform, which is meant to guarantee quality, affordable health care coverage for all. In fact, this amendment would create a two-tiered system that would punish women, particularly those ...
Congress
Jean Schmidt
Bart Stupak
The Democrats' first spokesman on medical malpractice is the former head of the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Congress
Bruce Braley
A commenter on my Facebook page writes: "I don't know if it's more shocking that so many people aren't watching or that so many of us are."
Congress
Jean Schmidt
A Senate friend -- who predicts the Democrats succeed by a handful of votes -- observes:
what does it say about this bill if Dems win the final vote but lose a significant chunk of their conference and pick up no Republicans? What does it say when they have to cut dozens of side deals ...
Congress
Jean Schmidt
Democratic National Committee
Bloomberg on his Iowa speech tonight:
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty criticized health care legislation in Congress as he appeared in what may be an early audition for a 2012 presidential bid.
“It’s rare for Congress to work on weekends, but even rarer that a bill this anti-freedom ...
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Tim Pawlenty
Jean Schmidt
Michael Bloomberg
Barack Obama
The Sunday Telegraph reports :
Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001.
Hasan's eyes "lit up" when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki's teachings, ...
Congress
Jean Schmidt
Left-wing blogger Atrios asked his readers how he could Santorum Stupak. When Senator Santorum was in the Senate, his name was made into something repulsive on the Internet, thanks to sex columnist Dan Savage. An so Atrios has just Tweeted :
Stupak (n) - The sepsis commonly experienced ...
Congress
Bart Stupak
Jean Schmidt
Chuck Todd tweets :
Want to stump a GOP strategist: Ask them their preference: health care passes or fails?
I don't think one who actually believes in anything other than winning would be stumped.
