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Fear and Loathing in Waldorf, Md. -- By: Mark Hemingway
Fear and Loathing in Waldorf, Md. -- By: Mark Hemingway
Steny Hoyer, the House majority leader, has made himself something of a flashpoint in the health-care debate. Tensions already were already running high, but Hoyer's decision to join with House speaker Nancy Pelosi and publish an op-ed accusing those opposed to the proposed reforms of "drowning ...
'You lie': Rep. Wilson apologizes
thehill.com — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) apologized Wednesday night for heckling President Barack Obama as a liar.... (more) 'You lie': Rep. Wilson apologizes
Hoyer on Health Bill: No Tax Hike, No Deficit Spending, Fully Paid For Or ‘I'm Not Going to ...
cnsnews.com — Waldorf , Md. , (CNSNews.com) House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D.-Md.) told a town hall meeting on... Tuesday night that the health care reform legislation under consideration in Congress will not increase taxes or deficit spending, and must be paid ... (more) Hoyer on Health Bill: No Tax Hike, No Deficit Spending, ...
Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
online.wsj.com — Associated Press Audience members express their disapproval of Democratic health-overhaul plans at a town meeting in Waldorf,... Md., led by House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland on Sept. 1. (more) Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
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Larwyn's Linx: The Non-Stimulating Stimulus Bill
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... Detailed Analysis: Health bill kills private insurance : GOPleader ACORN: quick to collect from feds; slow to pay taxes : Examiner The legislative options for health care reform : Hennessey The Health-Care 'Emergency' : Corner Mass-ochist : BlogProf Change that voters don't think they need : Rove White House withdraws call for students to 'help' Obama : Times A Call to Action: Obama’s Public School Address : PJM (Curtis) Photos from Hoyer's Town Hall : Corner The Overreach : Obi's Sister Congressman ...

RE: The Great Communicator
Weekly Standard Blog — ... only now that Joe Wilson yelled "you lie," and a bunch of liberals got really disproportionately mad, is the issue is at the forefront. Because his concerns are not the lies Obama says they are, they will get more attention than they ever got before, and the light will shine where it should—on the lack of enforcement provisions in the health care proposals. And, contrary to Obama's assertions, it's not voters' ignorance on this issue that's the problem for Democrats, but that they're actually well-informed enough to know Dems are fudging. ...

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