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Ezra Klein -- Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Health-Care Reform
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Ezra Klein - The 19.5 Years Test
voices.washingtonpost.com — I don't think Ezra really understands how this plays out at the user end of the stick. Pass "reform" without a public option, and you've got nothing. Oh sure, everyone in the industry and Congress will talk about how they're "innovating" and saving ... (more) Ezra Klein - The 19.5 Years Test
Ezra Klein  - The Max Baucus Committee
Ezra Klein - The Max Baucus Committee
voices.washingtonpost.com — the first steps of the fate of american health care reform in the hands of a select group of upper-class men, and one woman. the composition of that photograph looks like it was taken in a boardroom during the eisenhower administration, in the ... (more) Ezra Klein - The Max Baucus Committee
Sen. DeMint of S.C. Is Voice of Opposition to Health-Care Reform
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Saturday reading: Typo
Ben Smith's Blog — Bush considered sending the troops to Upstate New York. The Post recounts the training of Secret Service agents. Ezra Klein suggests Obama has overreacted to Clinton's failures. Orszag touts a CBO endorsement. The Times backs Bill de Blasio, tossed from the ballot for a typo. And -- who knew? -- Chester Arthur had his own birthers.

Ben Wyskida: Ill Communication: President Obama's Misguided Health Care Strategy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... campaign? Are there better alternatives? Let's play strategist! Here's what we're looking at: GOAL: This should be easy - the goal is to win House and Senate passage of health care for all Americans. But The White House is starting with one hand behind their back: "Health Care" reform isn't written yet. There are drafts. There are committee proposals. But the details are in flux, so The White House is out hustling for a plan that doesn't yet exist. Ezra Klein wrote a great piece today in The Washington Post about how the Obama ...

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