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fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 10/16/2009
Will Reid Submit To The Tyranny Of The Five?
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In a conference call today, Senate HELP Committee chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) again stated his conviction that health care reform will have a public option. In defense of the public option Harkin pointed out that a majority of Senate solidly supporting the idea. Not all Democratic senators need ...
Is Harry Reid Strong Enough? (video)
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Is Harry Reid Strong Enough? (video)
— youtube.com — http://BoldProgressives.org/HarryReidAd/p-youtube The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Harry Reid's constituents want to know, "Is Harry Reid S... (more) Is Harry Reid Strong Enough? (video)

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Is Harry Reid Working The Inside Game For A Public Option?
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/15/2009
Is Harry Reid Working The Inside Game For A Public Option?
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't exactly accustomed to kind words from progressives these days. With a health care reform fight that feels endless, and an intractable bloc of conservative Democrats refusing to play nice on the public option, ... (more) Is Harry Reid Working The Inside Game For A Public Option?

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althouse.blogspot.com - 10/16/2009
Great anti-Reid rant from Kos.
— althouse.blogspot.com — I need to get back to reading Kos. He's good: Bill Frist never had 60 votes. Bill Frist never cared. Republicans ran the Senate as if they owned the place, even when enjoying razor-thin majorities. Yet when Democrats took the chamber, the first thing ... (more) Great anti-Reid rant from Kos.

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Firedoglake:  Time to Throw Some Elbows on Healthcare Reform, Mr. President

Blue Virginia:  FDL Action Health Care Update: Friday

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Time to Throw Some Elbows on Healthcare Reform, Mr. President
Firedoglake — ... and his committee, the real negotiations — and posturing — have begun. That’s why Joe Lieberman and Evan Baye are making noises about not ruling out a filibuster — but hey, they can be bribed persuaded not to join one, too!– and why Jay Rockefeller and Chuck Schumer (and Nancy Pelosi, on the House side) are applying pressure in the media for a robust public option.  Everyone’s jockeying for position. Jon Walker’s post at FDL Action today sums up the state of play nicely with a quote from Tom ...

FDL Action Health Care Update: Friday
Blue Virginia — ... 6. Jon Walker inquires whether Harry Reid will "let his caucus...be ruled by a tiny handful of senators or will he stand with the vast majority of his party" on the public option. Given that "none of the five Democrats opposed to the public option have publicly given any indication they would let the whole of health care reform die because it contained a public option," this should not be a difficult question to answer. ...

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