Republican leaders and the White House are publicly sparring over next week’s health-reform summit, with President Obama demanding the GOP bring its own comprehensive health plan and House Republican leader John Boehner asking the White House to “assure the American people that Democratic leadership is not putting together any kind of backroom deal or plotting any kind of legislative … [Read more...] about A Summit Primer
A Summit Primer
100 votes short? One of the more telling comments about the prospects for final passage of health reform came from a top House Democratic official quoted in a Politico article today entitled, "Family Feud: Nancy Pelosi at Odds with President Obama": "Though Pelosi and other House Democrats have made it clear that they're angry with the Senate, they're also frustrated with … [Read more...] about A Summit Primer
Obama and Republicans Must Start Over From Scratch
Americans have become increasingly opposed to President Obama’s health overhaul. The more they learn about it, the less they like it. The voters of deep blue Massachusetts spoke very clearly during the special Senate election Jan. 19 that they did not want the health reform plan Congress has spent a year developing with its $1 trillion price tag, new budget-breaking entitlements, … [Read more...] about Obama and Republicans Must Start Over From Scratch
Solutions or Showmanship at the Summit?
The White House believes it has identified a new way to put Republicans on the spot on health reform — a big bipartisan summit that forces both parties to explain their ideas before C-SPAN cameras.The president reportedly plans to bring with him a copy of the merged House/Senate bill that was within days of being enacted before Scott Brown’s election slammed the brakes on their … [Read more...] about Solutions or Showmanship at the Summit?
Obama and Republicans Must Start Over From Scratch
Americans have become increasingly opposed to President Obama’s health overhaul. The more they learn about it, the less they like it. The voters of deep blue Massachusetts spoke very clearly during the special Senate election Jan. 19 that they did not want the health reform plan Congress has spent a year developing with its $1 trillion price tag, new budget-breaking entitlements, … [Read more...] about Obama and Republicans Must Start Over From Scratch
Solutions or Showmanship at the Summit?
The White House believes it has identified a new way to put Republicans on the spot on health reform — a big bipartisan summit that forces both parties to explain their ideas before C-SPAN cameras.The president reportedly plans to bring with him a copy of the merged House/Senate bill that was within days of being enacted before Scott Brown’s election slammed the brakes on their hugely … [Read more...] about Solutions or Showmanship at the Summit?
Starting Over
Frustration: The Democrats seem to be in the anger phase of grief over the collapse of their health overhaul, with a sharp and heated meeting between top White House advisers and Senate Democrats on Wednesday. Politico reports: "Sen. Al Franken ripped into White House senior adviser David Axelrod this week during a tense, closed-door session with Senate Democrats. Five sources who were in … [Read more...] about Starting Over
Obama Signals a Dangerous 2010 Strategy
President Obama previewed his election year strategy during his 70-minute exchange with House Republicans at their retreat in Baltimore last week, telling Republicans they have no business obstructing his legislation because he’s adopting so many of their ideas.His strategy will be to co-opt not only the rhetoric of the right, as he did during the campaign and last year, but also to show … [Read more...] about Obama Signals a Dangerous 2010 Strategy