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Dan Pfeiffer regularly trolls the West Wing, his list of to-do items -- a couple dozen long -- on a stiff White House-embossed index card in his pocket. At the end of every day, there's always a handful that he can't quite cross off. The soon-to-be White...
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The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep. As Obama taught his constitutional law students, power in America is based on "relationships built on self-interest." Share...
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She most recently was deputy chief counsel to Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and the late Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the current and former chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, respectively...Feeney was the senior supervising editor for National...
Tags: Tom Daschle, Susan Feeney, New Orleans, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, Politics
At this point, non-partisan political experts such as Charlie Cook don't expect a repeat of the 1994 " Republican revolution," when the GOP seized control of Congress after a Democratic president failed to revamp health care. But they do project losses...
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Think about it; party leadership acting totally inept while a charismatic young Democrat presidential candidate captures the imagination of the normally lethargic youth vote, captures the senior vote, women, and even sends a thrill up the leg of the media.
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In dueling floor speeches, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) each portrayed himself “on the right side of history.” Reid trumpeted the Democrats’ $849 billion bill, which received its cost analysis from the...
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Reid (D-Nev.) invited Daschle to his office for a meeting with Biden as Democrats are scrambling to secure 60 votes to clear a procedural motion on healthcare reform. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has strong friendships with Democratic centrists...
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Its public image is often shaped by people who appear to have gone into government because they saw it as a steppingstone to talk radio. But deep in the bowels of the GOP, there are serious people having quiet conversations. The people holding these...
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Guess who else wants to pull the plug on granny and kill Sarah Palin's baby? Rachel Maddow showed Thursday night that not long ago Rush Limbaugh promoted death panels on his own radio show, Newt Gingrich sung their praises in the pages of the Washington...
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President Barack Obama says if Congress ends up requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, people who can't afford it and small businesses should be exempted. In a letter to senators Wednesday, Obama reiterated his support for a new public health...
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