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Understanding the Game at a High Level
boomantribune.com - 1/28/2009
Understanding the Game at a High Level
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Yesterday, the Democrats stripped provisions of the stimulus package that would have provided family planning funding for Medicaid and money to refurbish the National Mall's lawn. There were not necessary concessions, but acts of good will intended to make it easier for a few Republicans to ...
huffingtonpost.com - 1/24/2009
A Controversial CBO Report Turns Out Not To Exist
— huffingtonpost.com — Reports of a recent study by the Congressional Budget Office, showing that the vast majority of the... money in the stimulus package won't be spent until after 2010, have Democrats on the defensive and the GOP calling for a pullback in wasteful ... (more) A Controversial CBO Report Turns Out Not To Exist

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thepage.time.com - 2/2/2009
Daschle Explanation Letter
— thepage.time.com — February 1, 2009 The Honorable Max Baucus - Chairman The Honorable Charles Grassley - Ranking Member Committee... on Finance United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Baucus and Senator Grassley: Thank you for the work you and the Committee ... (more) Daschle Explanation Letter

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taxprof.typepad.com - 2/2/2009
A Daschle Tax Roundup
— taxprof.typepad.com — Senator Dashcle's Feb. 1, 2009 Letter to Senate Finance Committee: Thank you for the work you and... the Committee are doing to move forward on my nomination by President Obama to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. I know... (more) A Daschle Tax Roundup

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TalkLeft:  When Is Triangulation Not Triangulation?

Corrente:  Games apologists play

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When Is Triangulation Not Triangulation?
TalkLeft — When Obama does it apparently. My friend Booman writes: But if the bill is already as good as passed, then why are Democrats stripping elements of the bill out? The short answer is that it is politics. The Obama administration would like to get a big vote in favor of the stimulus for three reasons. They want to demonstrate the efficacy of their post-partisan rhetoric, they want to get some cover for the Democrats in case the stimulus doesn't work, and they want to splinter the GOP caucus on the first big vote of their administration. For all these reasons ...

Games apologists play
Corrente — ... I'm seeing this meme starting to propagate from the Obama apologists, so I figure I'd better call it out. Obama fan and alibi meister BooMan burbles: ...

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