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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/26/2009

The conservative public option

— voices.washingtonpost.com — Was out of the office for a few hours at C-SPAN world headquarters, but early reports were... accurate and Sen. Reid will include a national public option that states could choose to offer to their residents -- or not! -- in his bill. In the Senate, ... (more) The conservative public option

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/26/2009

care bill with public option

— voices.washingtonpost.com — I give Harry Reid many kudos, for giving the Option a chance, no thanks to Obama, who... I have come to distrust. Obama is only for the "Trigger" option. He'll have his press corp and advisors tell you otherwise, but honestly, if he were for the "opt ... (more) care bill with public option

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youtube.com - 10/23/2009

Public Option Please (video)

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Politics Daily:  Poll Finds Support for the 'Public Option'

The Page by Mark Halperin:  Poll: Public Option Gains Momentum

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Wonk Room:  Did Lieberman Kill The Public Option?

The Moderate Voice:  Lieberman Intends to Filibuster HCR With Public Option

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Jon Stewart Takes On Media, Lieberman Over Public Option (VIDEO)

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Poll Finds Support for the 'Public Option'
Politics Daily — ... A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll says that a "public option" as part of health care reform won support of those surveyed by a 48 percent to 42 percent margin, a turnaround from last month when it was opposed by 48 percent to 46 percent. The poll was conducted Oct. 22-25 and has a 4.4 point margin of error. ...

Poll: Public Option Gains Momentum
The Page by Mark Halperin — NBC/WSJ New NBC/WSJ survey reports plurality favors the measure, 72% say having choice of a public plan is "extremely important" or "quite important." Full poll results to be released at 6:30 pm ET. Conducted Oct. 22-25, error margin 4.4 points.

Support for Public Option at an All Time High
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows support for a government-run insurance plan at its highest level since the debate began with 48% in favor of the idea while 42% oppose it. ...

Just in Time: Poll Shows Support for 'Public Option' at New High
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... clockwork, on the very day Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will be introducing a new healthcare proposal which includes a government-run component, NBC and the Wall Street Journal will be releasing results of a new poll showing support for such an "option" up ten points since August. This will make it perfect for the evening news programs to share details about the Democrats' plan as they convince viewers that Americans are for it. NBC's Mark Murray posted the following at the network's website moments ago: As ...

Did Lieberman Kill The Public Option?
Wonk Room — As support for a government-run insurance plan reaches an all time high, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) today moved closer to stripping the public plan from the merged Senate legislation. Citing concerns that the public option would create “trouble for the taxpayers, for the premium payers and for the national debt,” Lieberman said that he was “inclined” to vote to allow health care reform legislation to be debated on the Senate floor, but would “vote against cloture” if “the bill stays as it is now.” TPMDC has Lieberman’s comments: “I told Senator Reid that I’m strongly inclined — ...

Lieberman Intends to Filibuster HCR With Public Option
The Moderate Voice — This is what Democrats in Congress get for allowing Lieberman to keep his prestigi0us committee chair assignment. Brian Beutler explains what this means procedurally: There are two procedural issues at play here. Most people think of a filibuster as a minority blocking passage of a bill that’s already been debated ad nauseum on the Senate floor. That’s the most standard filibuster. But on major legislation, it’s become more common for the minority–in this case the Republicans–to object to the majority getting a chance to debate legislation in the first place. ...

Jon Stewart Takes On Media, Lieberman Over Public Option (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — After much debate and speculation, after every cable news network declared it dead one point or another, Senator Harry Reid announced that a public option would be included in the Senate health care reform bill, allowing millions of Americans to purchase government-run insurance. Despite the fact that support for a public option is at an all time high with nearly half of the country in favor of it, cable news reporters and politicians on both sides of the aisle continue to say that the Senate has caved to the "left wing" by including the public option. Joe Lieberman is so disgusted by the idea that he said he will join the Republicans if they ...