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White House response on Public Option
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
I don't think it says much, but here is Dan Pfeiffer's blog post this evening:
A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing different strategies on the public option. Those rumors are absolutely false.
In his September 9th address to Congress, President Obama made clear that he supports the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition. That continues to be the President's position.
Senator Reid and his leadership ...
Pfeiffer: No daylight between Reid, White House
Ben Smith's Blog —
... White House deputy communications director Dan Pfeiffer takes to the blog Sunday night to try to nip a burgeoning meme before it becomes the story of the week: ...
White House issues yet another supportive statement about the public option. But what have they actually done to get votes?
AMERICAblog News —
That's nice. So what exactly has the President done to lobby individual Senators to get Harry Reid the remaining 1, 2, or 3 votes he needs to include the public option in the bill? ...
White House: "Absolutely-False" That Reid And Obama Aren't On Same Page
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... In a three-paragraph post on the White House's blog, Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer offered, what he called, a "Rumor Check" of those recent reports. ...
Obama: How Long Will He Refuse To Fight?
Open Left - Front Page —
White House Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer posted this on the White House blog tonight: A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing different strategies on the public option. Those rumors are absolutely false. In his September 9th address to Congress, President Obama made clear that he supports the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition. That continues to be the President's ...
White House Forced to Make Another Statement on Public Option
Taylor Marsh —
... This would be interesting if it wasn’t a word salad. Rumors? um… It’s no rumor that Pres. Obama hasn’t been leading on ...
Is Obama Cool with the Opt-Out?
The New Republic blogs —
... in pursuing an Olympia Snowe strategy." The administration denies trying to subordinate the interests of Democrats to Snowe. On Sunday, a senior administration official told TNR We will be 100 percent behind whichever direction Reid decides to go. ... Reid hasn't asked for help. He is polling his caucus to make a decision on the opt out or the trigger. Whichever way he chooses, president Obama will help make the sale publicly and privately. Late in the day, the White House also posted a statement to its website : A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator ...
The Very Latest on the Public Option
Talking Points Memo —
... The White House has reacted strenuously, though not very specifically, to our report. They've even put up a post pushing back against our reporting and others' Sunday evening on their blog. And Cohn digs into the backstory about what's going on. ...
Obama Supports Reid On Public Option
TalkLeft —
... . I think it would be most helpful to the public option cause if the story played that way. Here is what White House flack Dan Pfeiffer wrote, basically a repeat of his statement to Ambinder on Friday: ...
Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake —
Why is the word ‘considers’ in this headline?
Bring them home.
Meanwhile…
Will this be the week?
I smell a Rahm.
Gingrich/Palin 2012!
The trouble with triggers.
The Note: Option Play: Health Care Moves from ‘If’ to ‘When’
The Note —
... White House pushback, from deputy communications director Dan Pfeiffer: "A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing different strategies on the public option. Those rumors are absolutely false," Pfeiffer blogs at WhiteHouse.gov. ...
Still Weighing the Options
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Monday, plans to pitch them to the caucus Tuesday. Plus: White House moves to squash rumors of a rift with the Leader on public options.
The Early Word: Presidential Rainmaker
The Caucus —
... – and even last year’s Republican nominee for president, Senator John McCain — said on the Sunday talk shows that they believe Congress will “pass a health care bill containing at least the germ of a” so-called public option. To those who see a split between Democratic leaders and the president over the public option, Dan Pfeiffer, the White House deputy communications director, basically says bunk — in a new post on the White House blog. In other health care news, The Washington Post’s Alec MacGillis examines whether people will go along if the ...
ThinkFast: October 26, 2009
Think Progress —
... that President Obama was “actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform,” White House Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer wrote on the White House blog that “those rumors are absolutely false.” “President Obama completely supports” the Democratic leadership’s efforts, Pfeiffer wrote. ...
White House 'completely supports' Reid's efforts
Political Animal —
... the last few days is that the White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid aren't quite on the same page. Reid, by all accounts, is prepared to move forward with a reform bill that includes a public option and a state opt-out compromise. President Obama, according to several reports, is skeptical that this bill will generate the necessary support, and sees a "trigger" approach as the path of least resistance. Last night, Deputy White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer posted an item intended to knock down talk about differences between the leaders. It reads in ...
Multiple Reports That Senate Bill Will Include Public Option with Opt-Out
Firedoglake —
... at its resiliency in the debate, even after the President himself reportedly worked to kill it in favor of the trigger proposal last week. The White House took the unusual step of posting a denial on their blog about the matter, with communications aide Dan Pfeiffer saying: ...
White House: We're with Reid
News —
The White House is trying to knock down rumors that they're less than enthusiastic about Harry Reid's approach to the public option. Reid is reportedly rounding up votes for a public option with an opt-out clause. The White House, the theory goes, still prefers a "trigger" that they believe is more likely to garner the support of Sen. Olmypia Snowe (R-Maine). Last night, White House Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer penned a blog post knocking down the rumors: A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing ...
WH Says Obama Supports Senate But President Unlikely To Talk Health Care For A Few Days
TPM Election Central —
... In response to TPMDC and other outlets reporting that the White House is pushing back against efforts to include a public option in the merged bill, the White House press shop issued a rare late-night blog post from Dan Pfeiffer. ...
The Rude Pundit — ... any public option approach that is not the Snowe trigger, we get this punk ass statement of shit-that-changes-nothing from the White House. "President Obama made clear that he supports the public option," says Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer. "That continues to be the President's position." ...
Healthcare Open Thread
Shakesville —
... the last few days is that the White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid aren't quite on the same page. Reid, by all accounts, is prepared to move forward with a reform bill that includes a public option and a state opt-out compromise. President Obama, according to several reports, is skeptical that this bill will generate the necessary support, and sees a 'trigger' approach as the path of least resistance. Last night, Deputy White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer posted an item intended to knock down talk about differences between the leaders." ...
About That Rift With Reid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The White House uses its official blog to deny a rift with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the health care reform bill: "A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing different strategies on the public option. Those rumors are absolutely false." ...
White House Responds to Concerns on Public Option, Senate Asks for More
Daily Kos —
... This isn't the equivalent of the President or Robert Gibbs making a statement from the podium, but hopefully it's the first that will be made, hopefully followed up by Obama or his official spokesman. Late last night, Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer blogged this on the White House blog. ...
White House: We're All On The Same Page Here
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... The White House evidently wanted it known that this does not contradict its own stance on the public option, as Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer posted the following statement to the WhiteHouse.gov blog last night: ...
ThinkFast: October 26, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that President Obama was “actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a state opt-out clause as part of health care reform,” White House Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer wrote on the White House blog that “ those rumors are absolutely false .” “President Obama completely supports” the Democratic leadership’s efforts, Pfeiffer wrote. A new report from Thomson Reuters has found that the U.S. health care system wastes up to $800 billion ever year.“The average U.S. hospital spends one-quarter of its budget on ...
For Red States, Opting Out is Not An Option
Crooks and Liars —
While the Obama White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congressional Democrats debate among themselves whether the so-called "opt out" public health insurance option endorsed by Reid will be included in reform legislation, Minnesota Governor and GOP presidential wannabee Tim Pawlenty has already weighed in. Asked if he would "lead a charge" in his state to opt out, Pawlenty replied, "I think so because I don't like government run health care."
That's easy for him to say. As it turns out, Minnesota is the exception ...
Obama aide offers reassurance to left on public option
News —
... a "potentially important source of cost containment is the inclusion of a public health insurance option" and a key to reform. On Sunday, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer penned a blog post declaiming "rumors" that the president is abandoning the public option. ...
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