A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

Interesting comments being made on a Newsvine poll at MSNBC that asked whether Democrats should continue with the health bill. (The poll itself is useless since the choices are very leading.) I just felt like recording some here for posterity, or at least as long as I maintain this blog. A commenter named “cdahl” had an idea to [...]

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From AP via Yahoo News: [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and others contend that because Massachusetts already has near-universal health coverage under a state law, the upset victory by GOP state Sen. Scott Brown to take Edward M. Kennedy’s old seat could not be seen as a referendum on the issue. “Massachusetts has health care. … [...]

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From Newsweek’s Jan. 25 edition: No Rational Exuberance – Op-Ed by George F. Will Today’s unemployment rate is 10 percent; the underemployment rate—the unemployed, plus those employed part time, plus those discouraged persons who have stopped looking for jobs—is 17.3 percent. Almost 40 percent of the unemployed have been so for seven months or more. [...]

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Among other things being discussed and negotiated, AP reports this: On another high-profile issue, the negotiators are discussing a hybrid of a proposed national insurance exchange contained in the House bill and the state-by-state approach favored by the Senate. House Democrats are pressing for a national system to apply pressure to the insurance industry after [...]

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