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Update: Lone GOP vote came after call from President Obama

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Washington (CNN) - Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao was the only Republican to vote in favor of the Democratic health care bill that passed the House late Saturday, a vote that came after President Obama called to personally to ask for his support, Cao told CNN. The president dialed the freshman congressman from Louisiana around noon on Saturday, hours before a vote on an amendment offered by anti-abortion Democrats that banned most abortion coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in ...

TPM Election Central found this 4 hours ago on politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

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Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:21:00 +0000

By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 11/06/09 5:43 AM EST A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support "health care reform with a public ...

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Democrats' Civil War, Continued

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:06:36 +0000

Byron York has been following MoveOn.org's effort to enforce left-wing conformity on the Democratic Party. The latest news is that MoveOn has raised nearly $3.6 million to defeat any Senate Democrat who has the temerity to vote against government takeover of health care. Then there's this: ...

TalkLeft found this 2 days ago on powerlineblog.com

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Marc Trager seeks GOP nomination in 8th District

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:24:07 +0000

The Republican field of candidates running to challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, gets bigger today as Howard physician Marc Trager announces his run for Congress. Trager, who served in the U.S. Air Force, will make a number of announcements today across the 8th Congressional District, ...

Lakeshore Laments found this 3 days ago on greenbaypressgazette.com

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Dean: Lieberman, Others Have 'Moral Obligation' To Block Filibuster

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:06:48 +0000

Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean told TPMDC he supports groups like MoveOn targeting his fellow Democrats on health care because they have a "moral obligation" to stand with Senate leadership on procedural votes. "There is no moral obligation to support the leadership on an issue," Dean told ...

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Virginia: McDonnell Wins After Lackluster Turnout

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:59:49 +0000

The AP and MSNBC have called the Virginia gubernatorial race for Republican Bob McDonnell. The unsurprising win keeps the Virginia tradition going - the party that controls the White House has lost the election for governor since 1977. Though it came later than expected, it's bad news for ...

Open Left - Front Page found this 4 days ago on tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com

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Howard Husock: Government Takeovers: Is Charity Next?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:42:02 +0000

When it comes to government's role in the American economy, we've become accustomed to ideas that seemed incredible not long ago-whether public ownership of General Motors or infusions of cash into major banks. But...

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Howard Fineman

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:30:00 +0000

"There she is, the Party of One!" cried Sen. Barbara Mikulski when she saw Sen. Olympia Snowe outside the Senate chamber last week. Mikulski, in a wheel-chair because of a broken ankle, rolled closer to the object of her praise. "She is belle of the ball, because she has got so much on the ...

Hullabaloo found this 13 days ago on newsweek.com

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Former Fox Contributor Left Network Partially Because of Glenn Beck

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:49:52 +0000

Former Fox News contributor Jane Hall said Sunday that one of the reasons she left the cable network was because she was uncomfortable with host Glenn Beck who she believes " should be called out as somebody whose language is way over the top and scary ." Fox watchers know Hall as one ...

Knowledge is Power found this 13 days ago on newsbusters.org

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Suggestions Wanted for "Can Capitalism Survive?" Debate

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:09:00 +0000

On Friday, I'm taking part in a debate that will be broadcast on C-SPAN. Howard Dean and I will be crossing rhetorical swords with Dick Armey and John Kasich on the question "America's Future: Can Capitalism Survive?" The event will be moderated by Joe Scarborough. I plan to make the point that ...

Hit & Run found this 12 days ago on huffingtonpost.com

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So Much for Tort Reform

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:40:18 +0000

As we dig deeper into the behemoth House health care bill, the blatant honesty of Howard Dean shines through the extensive document. You may recall when the former DNC chair said , “ the reason why tort reform is not in the bill is because the people who wrote it did not want to take on ...

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Dean Barnett, In Memoriam

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:31 +0000

Today is the first anniversary of the death of our friend and colleague Dean Barnett. We loved him, and we miss him. But we are inspired by his memory—by his strength of character, his extraordinary courage, his gift for friendship, and his zest for life. Here’s a link to what we wrote about ...

Baseball Crank found this 11 days ago on weeklystandard.com

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Jamison Foser: Howard Kurtz's bogus conflict-of-interest defense

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000

In his Sunday column , Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander addressed what he described as Post media critic Howard Kurtz's "inescapable conflict" of interest "that is at odds with Post rules" -- Kurtz's side job as host of Reliable Sources on CNN, one of the media companies he is ...

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