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[The Health Care Blog] It’s also, in my view, the reason experience, which Hillary Clinton and John McCain tried to channel to defeat Obama, is so crucial in Washington. Despite the distaste many of us have for Beltway politics, and our romantic ideals about the outsider coming in and fixing business as usual, the experience to get things done effectively is gained by those who are there, build relationships, and make deals that keep the logs rolling.

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[Right Pundits] Obama Health Care Reform Appears Doomed in 2009 » Right Pundits: It tends to make a lot of good people despondent and at the least susceptible, when they read, watch and listen to the maverick storm of media ads, thumping down President Obama’s health care initiative? Much of the rambling artifacts are the Simon and Lois ads of the Clinton administration, heavily armed against any revisions in this issue that wealthy insurance companies and subsidiaries won’t tolerate.

[POLITICO Top Stories] GOP leaders fear anti-Obama tone - Manu Raju - POLITICO.com: waaaa!!!!!!" I can understand the position of the GOP, who Obama is blaming for the fact that his ill advised bill isn't getting railroaded through as quickly as he'd like, they haven't got the votes to do much of anything and they are getting shut out of the process, yet "it's all their fault" rather than taking a look at this badly drafted and drafty piece of crap-legislation and making it workable. I really hope that people are not so stupid that they don't see this situation for what it is, but then again, this very questionable candidate DID win.

[The Swamp] Obama: Prime-time for healthcare reform: The Swamp: I might also remind you that Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and many others currently in the Obama administration voted for the TARP bill against all reason and rationality. Moreover, if the Obama drones thought the TARP bill and all the other federal programs poised to spend trillions of dollars was such a bad idea, they have the votes to pull the plug on it.

[HISTORY MUSINGS... Bonnie K. Goodman] July 22, 2009: President Obama's Press Conference on Health Care ...: Obama’s Sinking Approval Ratings Are Even Worse Than They Look: Having come into office with an ambitious agenda to remake America, Barack Obama is discovering that time is not his friend. According to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll, Obama’s approval rating has dropped by nine points, down to 55 percent from where it was when he first entered the White House six months ago….

[POLITICO Top Stories] Americans getting big dose of President Obama - Carol E. Lee ...: 22, 2009 - 6:21 AM EST

[The Note] The Note: All In -- Will Obama Get Pushy in Health Care Push ...: They need to Protect the Insuurance compaines, lobbist, and Special Interest,They can drop billions on wars but when it comes to us their motto is go to H-- Any way their only concern right now is tearing down the President and the Democrat congress so they can regain power.Oh and still going on about President Obamas Birth Cert what an Embaressment these Republicans are Cant even read the Presidents Birth cert, no wonder were the Laughing stock of the world. So sick of and fed up with the I dont care about The US Do nothing Republicans.How anyone can support the Party of NO Is beyond me!

[unitedagainstnucleariran.com Recent Articles] United Against Nuclear Iran » News: Obama wants to engage Iran's leadership in discussions about its nuclear program, even after the uproar that followed the June 12 elections. Emanuel argues that with a divided and disoriented Iranian leadership, 'engagement and pressure .

[The Moderate Voice] Obama's Biggest Political Problem: Democrats? | The Moderate Voice: Nothing concentrates the (independent) mind like liberal interest group infighting, as David Brooks touts this morning...nothing except Republicans forcefully becoming the "party of no" and openly, vocally, and aggressively working to kill reform for (what seems to be) political purposes. Remember: the Democrats are still much more trusted as a party to fix health care (in the generic sense) that Republicans are.

[NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Obama-fired Inspector General Files Lawsuit, WaPo Shuffles ...: Just six months into his presidency, President Barack Obama's administration is the target of a federal lawsuit, and that by a civil servant who alleges he was dismissed from his post in violation of the requirements of a law that Barack Obama himself once sponsored in the Senate.

[Anderson Cooper 360] Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - A steep climb for Obama ...: As a result, the President is left to rail against the status quo ”” and he does this with great persuasiveness ”” but he is unable to bring his much respected oratorical power to bear on convincing people exactly what to do to fix things. ...

[CNN Political Ticker] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...: If the truth be told this is what the republicans want they want the presidents numbers to go down then they feel they at least have the americans people pushing back against the president. the more americans push back against healthcare the less chance it will get fixed.The republicans do not have a plan to fix healthcare because they say there is nothing wrong with what we already got while supporting the insurance industries and all the other big money makers.This president said it was going to be this way that it will be set backs and disappointments and so far he is right about that.

[neo-neocon] neo-neocon » Blog Archive » Summing Obama up: When Americans complacently accept whatever table scraps our betters see fit to provide, in terms of energy, health care or myriad other facets of life, Obama wins. When all of the positive character traits that have made America the last, best hope of mankind have been extinguished, Obama wins, for who will try to stop him from becoming ruler for life?…

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama says talking time over, but has no ...: My resolution will offer Members of Congress an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is, and urge their colleagues who vote for legislation creating a government-run health care plan to lead by example and enroll themselves in the same public plan.

[CNN Political Ticker] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...: Now, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who battled President Obama for the 2008 Democratic nomination, told a Thai television station she doesn't know if she will have White House ambitions in the future, though quickly made clear it's not something she has given thought to.

[Breaking News] Holbrooke cancels India trip over scheduling mismatch: WASHINGTON - Leading US business magazine Forbes has urged President Barack Obama to maintain the 'exhilarating degree of cooperation' that existed between India and US during the Bush administration and make an early trip to New Delhi to dispel Indian apprehensions about his administration. In an article titled 'Obama should visit India soon', Tunku Varadarajan, a professor at New York University's Stern Business School and a fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, also points to an early mis-step in the new administration's dealings with India.

[Balloon Juice] Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Roll the Credits: And it gives Team Barry more time to strongarm fucks like Reid and Baucus—and it forces the Rs to actually come up with something other than Waterloo and euthanized grannies. And all the while, the pro-public option/single-payer crew will blanket the airwaves with shit like “Eric Cantor would rather vacation at his estate on Maryland’s Eastern Shore than ensure that working Americans have the health coverage they need.”

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