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'Cringe' Mass Killer a Muslim Since It 'Inflames' Right Wing, 'That Makes It Much Worse'

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:05:17 +0000

Newsweek's Evan Thomas regretted the Fort Hood mass murderer, Major Nidal Hasan, is a Muslim because of how that reality will be abused by conservatives. On this weekend's Inside Washington, Thomas, now Editor at Large with Newsweek after stints as Assistant Managing Editor and Washington ...

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What Does a Focus on Jobs Mean?

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:08:00 +0000

Alexander Bolton runs down the desire of center-right Democrats in the House and Senate to defer action on the progressive agenda: In the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, they don’t want to be forced to vote on climate change, immigration reform and gays in the military, which they ...

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An Idea, Any Idea?

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:00:12 +0000

While a Congress in which one party theoretically has 60 votes in the Senate can probably walk and chew gum at the same time, it would be nice to know just what focusing on jobs and the economy would mean. For me it would mean direct aid to state and local governments and a massive public works ...

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The predictable hand-wringing

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:31:44 +0000

THE PREDICTABLE HAND-WRINGING.... We should probably keep our "Profile in Courage" Award nominations on hold for Congress' center-right Democrats. Vulnerable House and Senate Democrats want their leaders to skip the party's controversial legislative agenda for next year to help save...

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Obama to meet with Lincoln

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:00:39 +0000

President Obama will meet with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) today, presumably to urge the Arkansas Democrat to support the Senate healthcare bill. According to the White House's official schedule, Obama will sit down with Lincoln for a one-on-one meeting in the Oval Office at 5:15pm. Lincoln ...

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Bayh Might Help Block Health Care Reform

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:00:02 +0000

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) told CBS's Bob Scheiffer today that he might not vote with Democrats to move a health care reform bill forward, saying his vote would depend on if the bill is "fiscally responsible." "Some people argue that... Sponsored Topics: Evan Bayh - Health care - Democratic ...

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Bayh: I Can Imagine Reid's Bill Failing

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:38 +0000

The temperature taking of Senate moderates continues. Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) doesn't think of the public option as a high-priority issue. But I asked him whether, in conversations with his fellow moderates, he's gotten the sense that a health care bill with an opt-out public option might get ...

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Obama To Meet With Lincoln

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:23:09 +0000

So reports TPMDC's Christina Bellantoni : President Obama will meet with Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) in the Oval Office this evening at 5:15, as voters are casting ballots in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York, presumably to talk about health care. Lincoln is one of the Senate's cluster of ...

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Evan Bayh: Hypocrisy on the Public Option

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:05:27 +0000

Sen. Evan Bayh's wife Susan (left) sits on the board of WellPoint. She and the company stand to benefit if the public option on health care fails.

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Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) - IN Poll

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:35:41 +0000

HOOSIERS WANT BAYH TO VOTE FOR PUBLIC OPTION -- AND OPPOSE FILIBUSTER The Research 2000 Indiana Poll was conducted for the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America from Oct. 24 - Oct. 25, 2009. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were ...

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Report: Bayh's Wife Made Millions As Board Member For Health Insurer

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, Sen. Evan Bayh joined his colleague Joe Lieberman in suggesting that he may not oppose health-care reform, citing concerns about the deficit. Bayh has long been one of the more conservative members of the Democratic caucus. But is his stance also affected by the fact that his wife ...

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BREAKING: Bayh will not vote against cloture, will not filibuster

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

By GottaLaff Rachel Maddow is breaking news: Earlier, Bayh released this statement: "Senator Bayh will support moving forward to a health care debate on the Senate floor, where he will work hard to address his concerns and craft affordable legislation that reduces the deficit and lowers health ...

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Bayh: If 50 Senators Really Want a Public Option, They Can Get It with Reconciliation

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:14:54 +0000

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) Evan Bayh (D-IN) said on CBS’s Washington Unplugged said that if fifty senators were dead set on getting a real public option they could always do that by using reconciliation. Reconciliation measures can’t be filibustered, so a bill brought up through ...

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Bayh reversal?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:56:00 +0000

Hours after POLITICO posted results of a poll showing a possible backlash by Indiana Dems, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) backed off of previous statement saying he was considering siding with the GOP on a public option filibuster. A spokesman emailed me the following statement just now: ...

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Obama, “Credibility,” and Fear of Failure

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:14:43 +0000

In the course of an exchange yesterday with Rich Yeselson about the deficit and the prospects of more stimulus, Marc Ambinder wrote : Telling Democratic leaders and the White House to ignore Evan Bayh’s pleas for deficit reduction just isn’t going to work. In general, my sense is ...

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Healthcare Reform

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:00:01 +0000

If Democrats are disappointed by Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any healthcare reform bill that includes a public option, they shouldn't be. Despite all of his past promises to support universal healthcare, nothing was more predictable than the Connecticut senator's fealty to the insurance ...

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An American Airman Returns Home after sixty five years, thanks to the research efforts of a group called BentProp

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:18:34 +0000

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The Best Legislators Money Can Buy

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:59:21 +0000

I guess it makes sense that Evan Bayh is vociferously opposed to the public option : His wife, Susan Bayh, sits on the board of WellPoint(WLP Quote) in her hometown of Indianapolis. Over the last six years, Susan Bayh has received at least $2 million in compensation from WellPoint alone for ...

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Disunited front on energy legislation

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:30:04 +0000

An official at the Virginia business group that opposes cap-and-trade legislation, the Alliance for Jobs and Energy , sends over the video above, a compendium of prominent Democrats -- some of whom may find their way to supporting the legislation -- trashing it, or at least raising doubts. ...

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Evan Bayh: Procedural And Straight Up Or Down Health Care Votes Are “One And The Same”

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:20:49 +0000

Okay, looks like Senator Evan Bayh has no qualms about giving a boost to the GOP’s efforts to kill the public plan with the opt-out in the Senate. Bayh, who is undecided on the opt-out, is now asserting that he sees no difference between a vote to bring that measure to the floor (which [...]

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