spectator.org - 12/12/2008
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Let's be fair: Barack Obama and Tom Daschle will not attempt to
immediately impose socialized health care on America.
Instead, they'll just take us along the scenic route.
With the appointment of former Senate Majority Leader Daschle to
be his new Secretary of Health and Human ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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This is kind of big. Health care advocates
hoping that Barack Obama will fast-track health care reform
had been waiting for a crucial sign: A public indication from the new Obama administration that they view health care reform as crucial to fixing ...
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Daschle: Fixing Health Care "Top Priority" In Fixing Economy
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The Stump —
RCP's list of afternoon headlines includes this sequence: Obama's Heavyweights to Fix Health Care - Ezra Klein, American Prospect The March to Socialized Health Care - Philip Klein, American Spectator --Michael Crowley
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
Saturday, and no rest for the pundits. Ezra Klein: This isn't 1992. These health care folks can get it done. Philip Klein: Health care reform? It's socialism, I tells ya! And so are Medicare, roads and the post office and the fire department. Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine Got Shot Down in Canada Joe Klein: reminiscing about the late NY Times reporter Robin Toner (see also NY Times obit.) [Ed. note: condolences to the family and friends of an excellent reporter.] Pundits not named Klein: Karen Tumulty: More on Robin Toner. Gail ...
Amanda Carpenter: The Daschle-Taxpayer Healthcare Plan
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... It goes like this: Tom Daschle gets confirmed and his universal health-care plan is adopted, but I don't pay the taxes required to finance the program. I get caught, but simply write a letter apologizing for the oversight and am promptly rewarded with a high-profile government job.
You're Out, Tom
The American Spectator —
... After Obama won the election, Daschle could have asked for just about any position in the administration, but he made it clear that he was interested in the HHS slot. While Daschle wasn't particularly known as being an expert on health policy during his time in Congress, he began to develop a passion for the issue after being ousted from office in 2004. His interest culminated with the release of his book last year, Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis , in which, among other proposals , he advocated the establishment of a Federal Health Board that would ...
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