motherjones.com - 9/25/2009
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Politico's Glenn Thrush talks to Republican congressman Eric Cantor about the lack of a GOP healthcare plan 100 days after they promised to provide one: In my sit down with Cantor earlier this week, he pointed to a more nuanced approach offering a "pretext" rather than a proposal eschewing the ...
thinkprogress.org - 9/22/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
At the Richmond Times-Dispatch “public square” forum yesterday,
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) fielded open questions from his...
constituents on the health reform debate for the first time this summer . Patricia Churchill relayed a story about a ...
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Cantor To Uninsured Woman With Growing Tumors: Get ‘An ...
washingtontimes.com - 10/1/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
Stephen Dinan EXCLUSIVE: President Obama has cut off
communication with Republican leaders, going more than four months...
without hosting the bipartisan congressional leadership at the White House to discuss his health care proposal, the No. 2 ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cantor: Obama's not met with GOP leaders ...
washingtonpost.com - 9/22/2009
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The Republican Pretext
Ezra Klein —
... Accidental honesty aside, the political argument is pretty clear: If Republicans eschew a bill, then all they have to do is attack. If they propose one, they also have to defend. And Kevin Drum explains the difficulty with that: ...
Cantor's predicament
Political Animal —
... ," adding, "No one in this country, given who we are, should be sitting without an option to be addressed." Except, whether Cantor realizes it or not, he and his caucus are opposed to "existing government programs," and are fighting like crazy to make sure Americans don't have quality, affordable options. It's impossible to reconcile the GOP leader's rhetoric and policy positions. Kevin Drum explained Cantor's insurmountable hurdle, and why the Minority Whip isn't following through on his promises to produce a Republican reform alternative. ...Cantor's problem is obvious: He ...
Free Markets and Climate Change
Matthew Yglesias —
Kevin Drum writes:
I mean, suppose you accepted that climate change was both real and catastrophic. What options would you have if you insisted on sticking solely to free market principles? Beats me. Hell, it’s hard enough to address even if you don’t. But that’s where we are these days: an awful lot of our most pressing problems simply can’t be solved unless you accept that the government has to be involved. So conservatives are stuck.
I think this is far too kind to the behavior of ...
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