thinkprogress.org - 10/27/2009
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One of the most notorious far-right activists is Randall Terry, who founded the organization Operation Rescue , a radical anti-choice group. In the past, Terry has warned that he and his followers would engage in terrorism unless Congress excludes funding for abortions in health care ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/27/2009
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a development,
first reported by TPMDC , that Sen. Joe Lieberman...
(I-CT) will filibuster a health care bill if it includes a public option. "Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems," Reid told ...
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Reid: Lieberman Is The Least Of My Problems
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/27/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
I made two predictions this summer that look
like they're not going to turn out very well....
One was saying that the unemployment rate wouldn't hit 10 percent (it hasn't yet, although it probably will) and the other was saying that the public option was ...
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On Being Wrong About the Public Option
huffingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
Two months ago, the public option for insurance
coverage was being read its last rites. On Monday,...
it was alive and well after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would include the provision as part of a broader health care bill. ...
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How Reid Found His Silver Bullet: Opt-Out Pitched Just 3 ...
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VIDEO: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid ‘Burn In Hell!’ Contest
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff On the YouTube page, the video is called "satirical". I'm sure he figures that will make him devoid of all responsibility for the results of its hate-filled content. Cue Twilight Zone theme... Imagine if you will, the Democrats pulling something like this. Now imagine the resulting 32 news cycles of condemnation and predictions of a doomed Democratic party. Next stop, the Zealot Zone: One of the most notorious far-right activists is Randall Terry, ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... deemed the most newsworthy by the big news orgs: The No. 4 story (at 5%) was the growing swine outbreak in the U.S. and the scramble for scarce vaccine. And a media outlet itself was a central player in the fifth-biggest story last week. The intensifying confrontation between the White House and the Fox News Channel accounted for 5% of the newshole. George W. Bush as a motivational speaker? Well, if you can win a prize ... In his latest attempt to drive attention to his hate-filled ...
Tuesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... is crazy. * And right-wing activist Randall Terry "has launched a contest to encourage people to make videos burning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in effigy." Seriously. Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.— ...
“The Pain! The Fire! It Hurts! Ohhhhhhhhhh!”
The Moderate Voice —
... This week, radical anti-choice activist and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry launched a contest encouraging people to make videos burning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in effigy. Today, he and his followers are on Capitol Hill “with signs and costumes, talking to House Staffers as they enter work,” and they plan to visit Pelosi “and discuss with her child-killing in healthcare and ‘ ...
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The New York Times takes a look at Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi as they work to pass health-care bills through their respective chambers. “As she pulls together a health care bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been exceedingly direct, lawmakers say, ...
Why Is the Senate Going to Take So Long?
tnr.com 16 days ago — The House health care bill took all of ten days to pass, from the day Nancy Pelosi formally introduced the legislation and its historic passage on Saturday. The Senate is slated to take up the bill as early as next Monday, but it’s likely to be ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/16/2009 — "I love Nancy Pelosi," President Obama declared last night at a swank San Francisco fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. He lauded the speaker (D-CA) and talked about her role in health care.
"She faces down some of the toughest ...
Pelosi, Reid and body language
thehill.com 10/8/2009 — Here's an interesting moment from Harry Reid's and Nancy Pelosi's comments after yesterday's White House meeting on Afghanistan. First, take a look at how Pelosi reacts when Reid puts his arm around her. Second, watch her expression when Reid ...
How to Burn Pelosi and Reid in Effigy « The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com 10/26/2009 — Randall Terry, the anti-abortion rights activist whose visibility has been on the way up since relocating his operation to Washington, is launching another please-let-this-become-viral campaign: encouraging conservatives to create flaming effigies of ...
Uptick in support for public option —
First Read 10/27/2009
From NBC's Mark MurrayAs Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves forward crafting a Senate health-care bill that contains a public option -- with a state "opt out" -- the latest NBC/WSJ poll shows support for a government-run insurance plan at its ...
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