Author: BooMan

Obama’s Saturday Radio Address

President Obama’s Saturday radio address is on the health insurance industry’s efforts to kill reform: “Of course, like clockwork, we’ve seen folks on cable television who know better, waving these...

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How to Get it Done

If Tom Harkin is right that there are 52 votes in the Senate for a robust public option, then we should be able to get at least a version of it that has an opt-out provision for the states. The strategy I would pursue is as...

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Casual Observation

Who knows? Maybe I wrote about it at the time and have just forgotten. But I don’t remember Colin Powell’s remarks about the terrorism-industrial complex either. Seems like they should have received more...

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The DLC is Still the Problem

If you want to know what the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) thinks about the public option, make sure to read Founder and CEO Al From’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal. Then note that Sen. Joe Lieberman of...

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