Hillary for VP, redux

03.10.2010

Strains of June, 2008 play on. Back then, Barack Obama won the primary race but Hillary Clinton did not concede on cue. Speculation abounded. Would Hillary divide, or unite the Democrats? Would Barack choose her as his running mate? Every day on Newsgang Live that summer, Steve Gillmor insisted that Hillary would be VP, that [...]

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Guest post on Crooks and Liars

03.08.2010

Wooooo!!!!!! I’ve been reading C&L for years and years — they’re one of my favorite blogs ever. So when they asked me to write a post about last night’s teabagger ’strategy call’, how could I resist? Go read it: Alice in Teabag-istan, complete with the mad hatter and a special appearance by our President’s cousin. [...]

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I’m for a public option. Just not this public option.

03.04.2010

I see a ton of enthusiasm for the public option. I understand it. Emotionally, I agree. Intellectually, not so much. A public option is attractive on paper but has some serious and real pitfalls in my view. I understand why people don’t want to ‘let insurers win’ on this and also why they hate having [...]

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O Canada…your Olympics are amazing!

02.26.2010

I realized I haven’t said anything about the Olympics. How can that be? The women’s figure skating competition was by far the most intense I’ve ever seen. Those skaters are incredible, and yes, I’m a marshmallow. I rooted for Joannie Rochette because it took an incredible piece of her heart and soul to lose her [...]

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Rep. Slaughter: Pre-existing conditions: Cruel, capricious

02.25.2010

One of the top moments of today’s HCR summit: Rep. Louise Slaughter. I would love to post a transcript, too, because she just stood up and spoke for women while speaking sense.

Also featured: Sen. Dick Durbin on tort reform, President Obama in an exchange with Sen. Barrasso, and Henry Waxman, who really must be [...]

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Health Care Summit Summary

02.25.2010

Here’s my take on the health care summit:

Underneath the talking points, there was a theme from the Republicans: We do not want people with pre-existing conditions to be covered. They had to admit that in public. If you weren’t listening, I’ll try and find you the exact point where it came through loud and clear.
The [...]

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