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Progressive Breakfast: Attacks Shift From Phony Pork to the Poor
LiberalOasis : The Blog — ... no plans to slow down." The Treatment's Jonathan Cohn: "Can health care reform go ahead, this year, even without Tom Daschle? Yes. Does this episode--and Daschle's absence--make the task of enacting health care reform harder? Yes, although how much harder is difficult to say right now ... as one senior administration official just told me, 'the most passionate advocate for health reform in the administration is staying put--right in the Oval Office.'" The Plum Line: "Daschle’s Deputies Remain, Which Bodes Well For Health Care Reform" ...

2/4: Daschle Goes Down
Blogometer — ... to withdraw his nomination as HHS Sec.: DASCHLE II: A Blow To Health Care Reform? Other liberal bloggers worry that Daschle's departure has damaged the prospects of health care reform in 2009: The Washington Post 's Greg Sargent looks on the bright side: "Many thought Tom Daschle would be indispensable for moving Obama's health care reform agenda through Congress, but even with Daschle out, a number of his deputies remain deeply embedded within the Obama administration. And that's very good news indeed for reform advocates." DASCHLE III: Don't You Ever For A Second Get To ...