▼ Author Community Vote 73 days ago Philip Klein Obama Admin. Actuary Finds Unsustainable Status Quo Cheaper than Obamacare - — One of President Obama's primary justifications for pushing health care legislation has been that the status quo is “unsustainable” because of the skyrocketing cost of medical care in the United States. 75 days ago Philip Klein Mukasey Blasts Pre-9/11 Mentality in KSM Decision - — Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who as a judge presided over a trial stemming from the first attack on the World Trade Center, on Friday warned that the Obama administration's decision to bring Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed … 80 days ago Quin Hillyer Defending Cao - Conservatives need to take a deep breath ... - — Conservatives need to take a deep breath, relax, and stop bashing Joseph Cao. The man never claimed to be a fully committed economic conservative. He represents a district that is about 75 percent Democrat and 62 percent black (or thereabouts). 91 days ago Philip Klein Pelosi Drops 1,990 Page Health Care Bill - — Speaker Nancy Pelosi just unveiled the House Democrats' health care bill, which is 1,990 pages (PDF here). You'll forgive me if I haven't yet read all of it, but the clear takeaway is that as expected, the bill is to the left of the Senate version. 107 days ago Philip Klein Snowe Says She'll Vote Finance Bill Out of Committee - — Sen. Olympia Snowe just ended months of speculation and agreed to vote the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill out of committee, allowing Demorcats to claim the support of at least one Republican — for now. 121 days ago Matthew Vadum The Politico Gets Played By ACORN - — One thing that journalists don't seem to get about ACORN is that it is a strange, complex creature with tentacles that reach into the highest levels of the United States government, the Democratic Party, corporate America, the labor movement … 127 days ago Philip Klein GOP Report Charges AARP Getting "Kickbacks" In Dem Health Care Bills - — One of the subplots to the health care debate I've been following is the cozy relationship between AARP and the Obama administration, as the group has thrown its full-throated support behind the Democrats' health care push … 151 days ago Matthew Vadum Van Jones and His STORMtroopers Denounced America the Night After 9/11 - — Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM), the revolutionary group formed by self-described “communist” and “rowdy black nationalist” Van Jones, held a vigil in Oakland, California … 161 days ago Robert Stacy McCain Another Inauspicious Omen: Gersonism Revisited - — No sooner do I get through hammering David Frum for his errors than I turn around to discover that we are to be afflicted with new plagues from the Duke of Dull, that eminent Master of Mediocrity, Michael Gerson. 164 days ago Philip Klein Public Option or Not, It's Still Government-Run - — Earlier I wrote about the Obama administration's possible backing off of the inclusion of a so-called “public option” in health care legislation. But what's important to emphasize is that even without the creation of a new government plan …

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