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jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009

Tom Geoghegan for Congress

— jamesfallows.theatlantic.com — Two years ago, I said I was making an exception to the "no active involvement in politics" stance I had maintained through my previous decades of journalistic life. (After leaving a one-time stint in politics in the Jimmy Carter years.) That exception ... (more) Tom Geoghegan for Congress

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online.wsj.com - 1/15/2009

Daschle's Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee

— online.wsj.com — Associated Press Tom Daschle before the Senate panel considering his nomination, Jan. 8. (more) Daschle's Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee

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thegspot.typepad.com - 1/7/2009

Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington

— thegspot.typepad.com — By Kathy G.By now you've probably heard the news. Tom Geoghegan* -- author, labor lawyer, and all-round mensch -- is running for Congress. With Rahm Emanuel's departure to join Barack Obama's White House, his Congressional seat in Illinois's Fifth ... (more) Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington

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Rahm Emanuel

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Confirmation Hearings Begin Thursday
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... with private insurance companies. Plus: Politico digs into the backstory of Daschle reportedly not caring for Hillary Clinton's tactics for fixing health care 15 years ago. ...

The Early Word: Obama Defends Economic Plan
The Caucus — ... The Times’s Robert Pear previews: “Lawmakers will most likely question him sharply about one of the most contentious aspects of President-elect Barack Obama’s domestic agenda: his call for a new public health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.” And the Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown contrasts Mr. Daschle’s likely approach to reforming the health care system with Hillary Clinton’s 15 years ago: Daschle wants an overhaul plan moving on Capitol Hill by spring. Clinton waited almost a full year. Daschle wants lawmakers to take the lead in drafting it. Clinton kept ...

Progressive Breakfast: Bigger, Bolder, Better?
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... his call for a new public health insurance plan to compete with private insurers." NYT quotes policy architect of the public plan option Jacob Hacker: "“Public insurance has a better track record than private insurance when it comes to reining in costs while preserving access to care. The public plan would set a standard against which private plans must compete.” Shorter insurance lobby reposnse: People might pay less for more care, noooooooooooo! Politico reports Daschle wants fast timetable, starting in "spring," but House members Rangel and ...

In Defense Of the Sanjay Gupta Appointment
Firedoglake — ... I actually think Gupta is an inspired choice.  This morning in Politico they note that Daschle may use Gupta in a grassroots campaign to sell the Obama health care plan to the public.  Gupta is a known and trusted public personality, and this appointment gives him the official status to explain and defend the plan on the government's behalf.  His familiar face will be a powerful antidote to any kind of well-funded "Harry and Louise" style campaign aimed at tanking it. ...

Will Sanjay Gupta be Tom Daschle's spokesdroid on health care?
Corrente — Politico thinks so: Daschle is planning a major grassroots push to build public support for his plan outside Washington, possibly with spokesman-in-chief Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN at the helm as surgeon general. If so, that would explain why the OFB were so vehement in their insistence that a focus on Gupta was an irrelevant side issue, wouldn't it? Read more…