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Chris Frates / The Politico:
CBO deals new blow to health plan — For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Health bill boils down to August battle — Congress's failure to deliver major health care legislation by President Obama's deadline next month transforms the traditionally sleepy August recess into what could be the decisive moment in the battle to win support for the legislation …
The White House:
CBO and IMAC — This morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed proposals to shift more decision-making out of politics and toward a body like the Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) put forward by the Administration. CBO noted that this type of approach could lead …
Washington Post:
The Health-Care Sacrifice — What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform — PRESIDENT OBAMA sometimes presents health-care reform as a pain-free proposition, as simple as choosing the red pill over the blue — one that's no more effective but costs twice as much.
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Thank God The CBO Works On Saturdays — The Congressional Budget Office once again has poked a massive hole in the Democratic health care “reform” bubble, in a report issued today. — One of the key elements of the Democratic proposals is to hand over the power to make cost cuts to an unelected …
Mary Wisniewski / Chicago Sun Times:
Daley weighs in on Gates controversy — President Obama should have gathered the facts first before commenting on Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s encounter with Cambridge, Mass. police, Mayor Daley said Saturday, wading into the controversy. — Daley said Obama …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:House to consider resolution demanding Obama apologize to Crowley
Orange County Register:Mark Steyn: Obama knows ‘stupidly’ when he doesn't see it
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Digby / Hullabaloo:Gatesgate
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Nycoordinator / Gathering of Eagles: NY:
Acorn Meets Their Waterloo in Commack! They are NOT Happy Campers! — Another Outstanding Day for Tea Party Patriots! — ACORN and their new front group Act Now were pwned by Tea Party Patriots again on Long Island! — When they couldn't win their arguments with facts …
Paul Krugman:
Why markets can't cure healthcare — Judging both from comments on this blog and from some of my mail, a significant number of Americans believe that the answer to our health care problems — indeed, the only answer — is to rely on the free market. Quite a few seem to believe that this view reflects the lessons of economic theory.
Planet Gore:
Sasquatchian — Is the only word to describe the carbon footprint of the Thomas Friedman estate:
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Debate Intensifies Over Federal Deportation Policy — HOUSTON — The Obama administration is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails. But here in the city where the effort got a trial start eight months ago …
Guardian:
The evidence Bush tried to hide — Photos from US spy satellites declassified by the Obama White House provide the first graphic images of how the polar ice sheets are retreating in the summer. The effects on the world's weather, environments and wildlife could be devastating
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CBS News:
Palin: “Bigger” Than Obama, or Quitter? — GOP Operatives in Heated Exchange, on “The Early Show Saturday Edition” — (CBS) Is Sarah Palin still a star, or a fading quitter? What does the future hold for her? — If a three-way discussion among Republican pundits on …
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Joe Biden / New York Times:
What You Might Not Know About the Recovery — SIX months ago, when President Obama and I took office, we were confronted with an economic crisis unparalleled in our lifetime. The nation was hemorrhaging more than 700,000 jobs a month, the housing market was in free fall, and the fate of the financial system hung in the balance.
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