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Going It Alone
It seems that the Dems are ready to "go it alone" on ObamaCare, according to this piece in the New York Times. Their current position seems to be moving toward blaming Republicans for lack of bipartisanship and refusing to compromise, and moving ahead with their plans for enacting reform on ...
Major Factor In Obama’s WaPo Poll Slide: Drop Among Dems, Liberals
theplumline.whorunsgov.com — President Obama's slide in today's big Washington Post poll, which is preoccupying the political classes today, is... heavily driven by surprisingly sharp drops among Democrats and even liberals, a look at the poll's crosstabs shows. (more) Major Factor In Obama’s WaPo Poll Slide: Drop Among ...
DNC Admits Barack Obama WAS Collecting Information on People Via Flag@Whitehouse.gov
redstate.com — Greg Sargent, doing his part as a mouthpiece for the online left, is trying his best to... deflect concerns over flag@whitehouse.gov, but in the process reveals that Democrats are now admitting the White House collected data on individuals from ... (more) DNC Admits Barack Obama WAS Collecting Information on ...
Tipping point
washingtonmonthly.com — TIPPING POINT.... By all appearances, Democrats have gone above and beyond in trying to secure at least... some Republican support for health care reform. GOP leaders have gotten a lot of face time at the White House. Dems have signaled... (more) Tipping point
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Noted Partisans Shockingly Decide to Be Partisan on Health Care
The Sundries Shack — ... in training, which means those unassailable majorities are very much assailable. Republicans have been driving trucks through the holes in Obamacare (Democare? Totalitaricare?) and have been quietly offering proposals of their own, though they haven’t gotten any real traction in the media. The whole “Party of No” meme the Dems wanted to take root hasn’t and most Americans don’t see conservative opposition to be primarily politically-motivated. Wise Democrats would be reading Pat Austin’s post this morning and heeding her advice. Tags: ...

Larwyn's Linx: David Axelrod's Very Big Problem
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... Failure : AT (Shiver) Shauer's town hall crowd: bused in by the SEIU : BlogProf Congress on the verge of nervous breakdown : AT (Smith) Little Hope, But Lots of Change Coming : Hanson Single-Payer Mashup : Verum Economy Not N.I.C.E. : Dr. Sanity Quarterly NY State Tax Revenues Drop 24% vs. '08 : Zero Hedge Cash for Clunkers Misfires in Nebraska : Marathon Democrats begin 'investigating' health insurers : Times Going It Alone : SIGIS Climate & Energy ...

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