White House, Democrats Battle Public Option Leaks
Politics Daily — ... Politico reported Friday morning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi counted her votes Thursday night and concluded she did not have enough to pass the "robust" public option, the strongest of several health care reform plans the Democrats have been considering. But sources ...

Daily Pulse: Support for Public Option Grows
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... However, Politico reports House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "counted votes Thursday night and determined she could not pass a 'robust public option' -- the most aggressive of the three forms of a public option House Democrats have been considering as part of a national overhaul of health care."

Weighing Their (Public) Options
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty The Leader pushes ahead with his while the Speaker weighs scaling back hers.

The Early Word: The Public Option Rises
The Caucus — ... lobbying from the more liberal members of his caucus and the public option has polled well among the public in recent surveys. Still, “as word of Mr. Reid’s intention spread Thursday, centrist senators from both parties said they had come together in an informal group to resist creation of a uniform nationwide public insurance program,” Mr. Pear and Mr. Herszenhorn report. On the other side of the Capitol, Politico’s Mike Allen reported early Friday morning that Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not have the votes in the House to pass the most sweeping version of a government-run ...

Public Option Pressure: As Stories Leak WH And Dem Leaders Say No Decision Has Been Made
TPM Election Central — House leadership sources are telling TPMDC they think news on the "robust" public option is leaking out to pressure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the health care discussions are getting hotter, and closer to the final deal. Politico's story this morning suggests Pelosi doesn't have the votes, but our sources insist the leadership isn't yet at that stage. Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett jabbed at the Politico story while appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe today, saying of the reporter who penned the piece, "I don't know if Mike Allen knows how to count ...

Death By A Thousand Leaks?
Talking Points Memo — ... The biggest splash has been Mike Allen's Politico story which reports that the President said in the meeting that he is leaning toward a triggered public option along the lines of what Sen. Olympia Snowe favors: ...

ThinkFast: October 23, 2009
Think Progress — ... . Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly doesn’t have the votes for a robust public option. Meanwhile, one Democratic source said Obama appeared to prefer a “ ...

Uncompromising Compromises on the Public Option
The Mahablog — ... Some reports are saying the House mostly seems ready, or close to ready, to pass a good bill. However, Mike Allen of The Politico says Pelosi doesn’t have the vote for a robust public option and is considering the “trigger” compromise as “the most likely compromise because it can probably satisfy liberals.” ...

PO Rumor Mill On Steroids
Taylor Marsh — ... Does Speaker Pelosi have the votes on a “robust” public option? Mike Allen says no, while getting this part of the story correct in an update, as far as I can tell: ...

Politico is wrong, House bill will include public option
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... absurd "trigger" without a trigger. Then today we read from Mike Allen at the Politico that Pelosi doesn't have the votes and now will have to likely settle for Snowe's "trigger." ...

Obama Wants a Trigger, So Keep Calling Reid
Firedoglake — Obama wants a trigger. It’s out in the open now: Obama told Democratic leadership at the White House Thursday evening that his preference is for the trigger championed by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) – a plan that would allow a ...

Pelosi doesn't have the votes for the 'strong' public option
Ezra Klein — From Politico: House Democratic sources say Speaker Nancy Pelosi determined last night that there are NOT the votes for a “robust public option,” meaning the Speaker will likely move to one of the two other, weaker public options being considered. “Votes aren’t there,” a top official said. “The progressives are always more optimistic than reality.” But the Speaker knows how to count real votes to find out the truth, and she wants to release a bill that will get at least 218 votes. Aides say the count was somewhat of a surprise, but not completely. It’s a ...

She doesn’t have the votes
Michelle Malkin — ... . Know your failure, Nancy. And o wn it: Speaker Nancy Pelosi counted votes Thursday night and determined she could not pass a “robust public option” — the most aggressive of the three forms of a public option House Democrats have been considering as part of a national overhaul of health care. Pelosi’s decision—coupled with a significant turn of events yesterday during a private White House meeting—points to an increasingly likely compromise for a “trigger” option for a government plan. Administration officials have been telling POLITICO for weeks now that this the most likely ...

Jarrett on Pres. Obama: "He’s committed to the public option"
Daily Kos — ... It's also worth noting that Scarborough mischaracterized Allen's report, which didn't claim that a public option was doomed in the House. Rather, Allen reported that the most robust version of the public option didn't currently have the votes. However, TPMDC ...

House Speaker Lacks Democrat Votes for ‘Public Option’
Stop The ACLU — ... Posted on October 23, 2009 -By Warner Todd Huston Despite assurances to the contrary, Politico.com is reporting that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) does not have the votes to include the so-called public option in the House version of Obamacare making it more likely that a “trigger” will be included instead. Politico also reports that Obama himself announced support for the trigger option. Obama told Senate Democratic leadership at the White House Thursday evening that his preference is for the trigger championed by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) — a plan ...

White House still on board with public option
Political Animal — WHITE HOUSE STILL ON BOARD WITH PUBLIC OPTION.... It's hard to know with certainty what White House officials are saying during closed-door negotiations or private chats in the Oval Office. But there's been quite a bit of speculation about whether, and to what extent, the president and his team are pushing for a public option as part of health care reform. A Politico report said President Obama "indicated" yesterday to the Senate Democratic leadership that "he supports a public option with a trigger." What about the state opt-out compromise? The president leaving that to ...

TPMDC: Obama Pushing Trigger
Daily Kos — ... What looked earlier in the day like a trial balloon being floated by someone in the White House regarding last night's meeting with Senate leadership on healthcare reform is gaining legs. Politico's Mike Allen reports that Obama told leadership his preference is for the Snowe Trigger. CNN likewise ...

The Public Option vs. The Snowe Trigger
Daily Kos — We're hearing all sorts of conflicting stories today about the public option and the Snowe Trigger. On the record, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and deputy press secretary Bill Burton have reaffirmed President Obama's support for the public option. Off the record, several sources (not necessarily from inside the administration) have said or indicated the opposite (Politico, CNN, TPM, Sargent): that President Obama is actively pushing for the Snowe Trigger, which would strip the public option from health ...

ThinkFast: October 23, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal — ... . Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly doesn’t have the votes for a robust public option. Meanwhile, one Democratic source said Obama appeared to prefer a “ ...

The History of the Conspiracy to Link Obama to Triggers
Firedoglake — ... The fact that the White House worked hand in hand with the Finance Committee to craft a bill, which doesn’t have a public option? Meaningless. Reports that they would have put a trigger in that bill but didn’t have the votes to get it through? More lies. Mike Allen? Made it up out of thin air. The complete absence of any reporting saying that Obama has called a single Senator or member of Congress and urge them to vote for a public option? Well, that’s because he’s cleverly waiting until the last minute to fix it in conference. And anything else ...

The High Drama Behind Reid's Public Option Decision
TPM Election Central — ... How the meeting ended remains unclear. But what we do know is that, early Friday morning--hours after the parties went their separate ways--Politico's Mike Allen reported that, according to a top administration official, Obama's preference was still for triggers, and he'd let the senators know that. ...

Harry Reid and the public option
Crooks and Liars — ... How the meeting ended remains unclear. But what we do know is that, early Friday morning--hours after the parties went their separate ways--Politico's Mike Allen reported that, according to a top administration official, Obama's preference was still for triggers, and he'd let the senators know that... ...

Leaked list shows Spratt favors public option
The Palmetto Scoop — ... ” of Democrat House members meant to tally support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s aggressive proposal to create a government-run health care plan was obtained by reporters late last week. And on it, Spratt was listed as firmly in support of a public option. ...