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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Howard Dean: “Kill The Senate Bill” — In a blow to the bill grinding through the Senate, Howard Dean bluntly called for the bill to be killed in a pre-recorded interview set to air later this afternoon, denouncing it as “the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate,” the reporter who conducted the interview tells me.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Progressives Are Bats**t Crazy to Oppose the Senate Bill — Pick your subheadline: — a) It's time to stop being polite and start getting real. — b) Here's hoping a picture is worth 1,000 words. — Any questions? — OK, I imagine that there will be a few. Here's how I came up with these numbers.
Ezra Klein:
The heroes of health-care reform — Right on the heels of Joe Lieberman trying to kill the bill because it had a Medicare buy-in proposal, Howard Dean is exhorting Democrats to kill the bill because it doesn't have a Medicare buy-in proposal. Sigh. — So let this serve as an encomium to Ron Wyden …
David M. Herszenhorn / Prescriptions:
Burris Pushes Back — The backlash has begun. — Senator Roland W. Burris, Democrat of Illinois, has vowed that he will not vote for a health care bill that does not include a government-run insurance plan, or public option. — And on Monday, after Democrats indicated that they were prepared …
Darcy Burner / Open Left:
Joe Lieberman's Healthcare Bill Is Worse Than Nothing. Kill It.
Joe Lieberman's Healthcare Bill Is Worse Than Nothing. Kill It.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Kill The Bill? Operatives Say Yes, Wonks Say No
Kill The Bill? Operatives Say Yes, Wonks Say No
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Nelson: 'I'm not on the bill' — The White House meeting Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats has raised expectations that they have nailed down 60 votes for the health care bill. — But as he prepared to leave for the White House with other senators, Sen. Ben Nelson …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Pssst. This Isn't Over. (Updated) — Via Politico, here's what Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson said as he left a White House meeting with the rest of the Democratic caucus a little while ago: — I'm not on the bill. I have spoken with the president and he knows they are not wrapped up today.
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The Politico:
Conn. colleagues ‘fed up’ with Joe — Liberal anger at Sen. Joe Lieberman spread across Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with a House Democrat from Connecticut calling for his recall and Lieberman himself acknowledging the angst he has caused. — “No individual should hold health care hostage …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Lieberman spoke, acknowledged Dem anger
Lieberman spoke, acknowledged Dem anger
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Snowe has ‘misgivings’ about health bill, Christmas vote
Snowe has ‘misgivings’ about health bill, Christmas vote
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ABCNEWS:
Double Punch of Economy, Health Care Sends Obama to New Lows in Approval — ABC News/Washington Post Poll: President Obama's Approval Ratings Keep Sliding — A double punch of persistent economic discontent and growing skepticism on health care reform has knocked Barack Obama's key approval ratings …
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Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
President Obama Lies About Health Care Reform Cost Control — After exiting a meeting with the Senate Democratic caucus, President Obama approached the microphone and proceeded to tell a bald-faced lie about health care reform: … This statement is 100% false-and Obama knows that.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
WaPo/ABC poll: Obama hits new lows on health care, overall approval rating — His numbers are down across the board since last month, so technically there's a trend here. But not really. The problem with WaPo's polls is that they've been using samples that skew overwhelmingly Democratic …
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Booman Tribune:
Spiteful Joe — I don't think it is betraying any confidences to divulge that I received an email from Atrios about ten days ago or so where he suggested that we really ought not to show any enthusiasm for the Medicare Buy-In plan lest Joe Lieberman decide that he's against it.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / Washington Post:
U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment — Deal made to recover bailout Firms exempted from rule when U.S. sells its stake — The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part …
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It's Official! Media Matters Morphs Into One-Stop Fisting Information Clearinghouse — It's official... MEDIA MATTERS: ALL THINGS FISTING — The Soros-linked far left website is now your premier stop for defending fisting and dental dam indoctrination of children.
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Pranksters Make Short Work of GOP's URL Shortener for Conservatives — The Republican National Committee's GOP.am home page was offline Tuesday morning, and several URLs entered into the system by pranksters have been blocked. — Revised and expanded at 12:50 ET, with comment from Political Media president Larry Ward.
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Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
An Odd Post-Crash Couple — Spurning Obama, McCain and Cantwell propose resurrecting Glass-Steagall to break up Wall Street. … John McCain lost the 2008 presidential election because of the financial crisis—at least that's what his chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, suggested.
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Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
The two faces of O — Prez's lovefest with Wall St. ‘fat cats’
The two faces of O — Prez's lovefest with Wall St. ‘fat cats’
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Tim Craig / Washington Post:
D.C. Council approves bill legalizing gay marriage — Bill heads to Fenty's desk, still must survive congressional review period — The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, setting off a wave of excitement in the gay community even as opponents vow to continue the fight on Capitol Hill.
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Obama administration to buy Illinois prison for Guantanamo detainees — CHICAGO — President Obama, determined to change U.S. detention policy and shut the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pointed Tuesday to a small town in Illinois as a big part of the answer.
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Paul Rolly / Salt Lake Tribune:
Check from Palin in the mail? — Sarah Palin not only annoyed leaders of the Utah Republican Party when she didn't have time for them during her book signing stop in Salt Lake City last week. She also took off from her hotel after arranging for a last-minute hair appointment without paying …
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Daily Express:
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NATURAL: 100 REASONS WHY — HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made: — 1) There is “no real scientific proof” that the current warming is caused by the rise of greenhouse gases from man's activity.
Lance Mannion:
Time for another blogger bailout — I apologize for this, but I need to do some serious begging here. The car's making noises like it can't decide which of three potential problems it wants to develop and my settle on all three. The laptop desperately needs an upgrade and a new power cord.
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