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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 4/30/2009
Obama news conference: Where next on immigration reform?
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The next question is on immigration reform and whether the president will reach out to Sen. John McCain, an advocate of immigration reform. President Obama says he would “love to partner” with McCain and others on what is going to be “a critical issue.” The current system, he said, “is ...
truthdig.com - 4/23/2009
‘Reform’ With No Reform
— truthdig.com — The defenders of the health care status quo have been frantically arguing these past few weeks that... any coming reform of the health insurance system cannot include a public insurance plan, even if that’s the whole point. READ THE WHOLE ITEM  ... (more) ‘Reform’ With No Reform

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Weekly Standard Blog — ... Obama is full steam ahead on immigration reform, and Johnny Mac is gonna be his First Mate! Coming by the end of 2009, he claims. He did concede that he and Napolitano have a duty to make the American people sure that border security can happen before delving into a guest-worker or amnesty plan, lest the voting public not believe in their promises. I'll give him credit for saying that. I would have been easier to call everyone with an issue "racist." Presumably, that's Plan B, after he reverses on border security.... ...

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