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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Fineman Reports Kucinich to Vote “Yes” — Dennis Kucinich has called a press conference for tomorrow. Howard Fineman is reporting that Kucinich will vote “yes” on health care. — Kucinich told Obama that he wants a full ERISA waver and a public option in exchange for his vote.
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The Note:
Do Pelosi and the Democrats Have the Health Care Votes? Here's the Math — ABC's David Chalian reports: President Obama and Speaker Pelosi have each spent some quality time with Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, in the last 36 hours. They probably have a pretty good idea …
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CNN:
5 more Dems will vote against health care — Washington (CNN) — Five more House Democrats said Tuesday that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic priority.
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Wall Street Journal:
Opinions Harden on Health — Nearly half call plan a ‘bad idea’ in latest Journal/NBC poll, but Democrats who oppose it risk alienating base — Democratic lawmakers may be tempted to vote against the health-care overhaul plan pending in Congress because it remains unpopular with a broad swath of the public.
The Politico:
Kucinich is a ‘yes’ on health care — The presidential arm twisting worked. — Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), enjoying a rare moment where his vote could be critical on a landmark issue, said Wednesday morning he will vote for the Democratic health care bill, a significant boost from a liberal critic of the legislation.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Breaking: Kucinich To Vote Yes — In a big get for House Dems, Dennis Kucinich just made it official: He's voting for the Senate bill, making him the first member to go on record fliping his vote from No to Yes. — “In the past week it's become clear that the vote on the final bill will be very close …
Norman J. Ornstein / The Enterprise Blog:
Hypocrisy: A Parliamentary Procedure — Any veteran observer of Congress is used to the rampant hypocrisy over the use of parliamentary procedures that shifts totally from one side to the other as a majority moves to minority status, and vice versa. But I can't recall a level …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
House Democrats scramble to ensure adequate deficit reduction in health bill
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New York Times:
Democrats Consider New Moves for Health Bill
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Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Admin, Dems move to put dispute with Israel in perspective — As a key pro-Israel House Democrat Howard Berman (D-Cal.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, voiced sympathy for the Obama administration's sense of frustration at the Israeli government settlements announcement last week …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans — WASHINGTON — The Senate approved and sent to President Obama on Wednesday what Congressional Democrats hope will be the first in a series of bills spurring employment by providing tax breaks and other hiring incentives to businesses.
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Associated Press:
If bin Laden is found, he'll be killed, Holder says — Holder: If bin Laden found, he'll be killed — Osama bin Laden “will never appear in an American courtroom,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told House members at a hearing Tuesday. — “Let's deal with the reality here,” …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Kinsley's Transcendental Deduction of Hyperinflation — Michael Kinsley has a very strange column alleging that we're soon going to face hyperflation: “When everybody assumes 10 percent, all the forces that produced 10 percent push it to 20 percent, and then 40 percent …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Allies everywhere feeling snubbed by President Obama — The contretemps between President Obama and Israel needs to be seen in a broader global context. The president who ran against “unilateralism” in the 2008 campaign has worse relations overall with American allies than George W. Bush did in his second term.
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Ezra Klein:
Was Medicare popular when it passed? — For some time, I've been trying to find good polling from the passage of Medicare. According to Greg Sargent, though, the Democrats beat me to it: … I wonder how many of the legislators who took the tough vote to move Medicare forward regret doing that today.
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Steny Hoyer, Eric Cantor Spar Over Health Care Vote Count, Parliamentary Tactics — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today hinted that Democrats may use a controversial parliamentary procedure to pass the health care bill, a tactic that House Minority Whip Eric Cantor charged would be an attempt to fool the public.
New York Times:
McConnell Strategy Shuns Bipartisanship — WASHINGTON — Before the health care fight, before the economic stimulus package, before President Obama even took office, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, had a strategy for his party: use his extensive knowledge of Senate procedure …
Jack Chang / Sacramento Bee:
Field Poll: Meg Whitman trounces Steve Poizner, edges Jerry Brown — Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has built a massive edge over her GOP rival Steve Poizner while taking a narrow lead over likely Democratic nominee Jerry Brown, according to results released today by the nonpartisan Field Poll.
Jennifer Bendery / Roll Call:
Pelosi Calls All Female Democratic Members Into Meeting — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is asking all female Democratic Members to attend a hastily called meeting Wednesday morning but isn't saying what the meeting is about. — Pelosi's office sent an e-mail out Tuesday evening requesting …
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
GE and Ronald Reagan: The Mutual Gift That Keeps On Giving — As part of a one-year celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, General Electric will run ads honoring the 40th president's legacy — and will donate $10 million to The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library …
William Teach / Stop The ACLU:
ACLU Sues Government Over Use Of Drones In War Zones — ACLU. American Civil Liberties Union. Really? Because it sure appears that they are (still) doing everything possible to not only protect Islamic jihadis, but, to make sure they have the information necessary in order to not be captured and killed by the US government.
Grace-Marie Turner / Wall Street Journal:
The Failure of RomneyCare — The former Massachusetts governor enacted something very similar to the Obama health plan. It isn't working well. — Former Massachusetts governor and likely 2012 presidential aspirant Mitt Romney has been on the wrong side of the defining political battle of our time.
Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
Doubting the Thomases — As couples go, Clarence and Virginia Thomas already have done a great deal more than most family units to define the meaning of the Constitution. After all, Justice Clarence Thomas alone speaks for 35 million or so Americans each time he exercises his 1/9th proxy vote at the United States Supreme Court.
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