Jul 22, 2009 17 Comments ›› Erik Wong
American Thinker: The First Lady helped create a notorious program that dumped poor patients on community hospitals, yet the national media ignore the story. Imagine if her husband were a Republican. The University of Chicago Medical Center has received a good deal of justly opprobrious press over its policy of "redirecting" low-income patients to community hospitals while ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 4 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Townhall.com: If the Democrats obey Obama's commands and pass health-care reform legislation by the August recess, they will be committing partisan suicide, akin to lemmings going over the cliff en masse. Obama's insistence that we completely make over our health-care system -- and that we do it two weeks after the first bill was marked up in ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 17 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Politico: He’s been in office only six months, but already there’s a strong sense of déjà vu around the way Americans are seeing and hearing from President Barack Obama. The president keeps returning to the same communications tactics over and over, and all the pages of his PR playbook have one thing in common: a big dose ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WASHINGTON - After more than week of tirelessly pressuring Congress to move his top domestic priority, it appears increasingly likely President Barack Obama may have to settle for a fallback strategy on health care overhaul. Instead of votes in the House and Senate by August, the best Democrats may be able to hope for this ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Sacramento -- Less than 24 hours after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced a plan to close California's massive budget deficit, Los Angeles County officials moved to sue the state, a union for government workers said it might strike, and Republicans threatened to back out of the deal over a ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WASHINGTON — House Democrats put their divisions on display over the details and timing of health care legislation Tuesday despite fresh attempts by President Barack Obama to hasten a compromise on the issue that looms increasingly as a major test of his clout. With a self-imposed deadline for action in jeopardy, the Democratic leadership juggled complaints ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
Sarcasm of course, California is still in the ter financially. The very idea of having to issue an IOU is absurd. But still, progress is progress, even as a result of regress. SACRAMENTO - California may soon be able to stop printing IOUs now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have agreed on a compromise ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 8 Comments ›› Erik Wong
This man is on his way out, and the Dems call him back from the dead so they'll have enough votes to strong-arm through key issues. After this, I'm sure they'll consider that Byrd has outlived his usefulness and severed off to die quietly, knowing that he was used on his last legs to push ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 43 Comments ›› Erik Wong
FOX News: WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday voted to strip money for seven additional F-22 jets from a $680 billion defense bill, after President Obama threatened to veto the entire bill if the money remained. The 58-40 vote was a win for the White House and, for the moment, prevents Obama from using the first ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 21 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
From Atlas Shrugged: CAIR is claiming victory in yet another encroachment on our freedoms in the advancement of the implementation of sharia law. In a craven capitulation to Islamic supremacism, Wal-Mart will accommodate Muslim prayer in the workplace. It is not for us to bend to the will of Islam. Mind you, it is not necessary for a ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Hill: Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce panel are headed to the White House, not their committee room, on Tuesday. Instead of continuing their markup, Energy and Commerce Democrats will be lobbied by President Obama at the White House. Tuesday’s continuing markup was canceled, but the panel is scheduled to meet again on Wednesday. The delays ...
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“Obama Loses Support On Reform”: World-Renowned Mayo Clinic Trashes Obama’s Health Care Racketeering
Jul 21, 2009 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Washington Times: A world-renowned clinic that President Obama held up as an example of good medicine said Monday that the American people would be "losers" under the House's health care proposal, joining the growing chorus of critics the Obama administration is trying to fend off as the debate intensifies from Capitol Hill to Main Street. Minnesota's ...
Continue ReadingJul 21, 2009 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Washington Post: The Obama administration is delaying release of a congressionally mandated report on the nation's economic conditions, spawning speculation that it is trying to tamp down bad economic news to avoid further complicating the already fraught legislative debate over health care reform. The report, which is normally published by late July, is being delayed by several ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 11 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Times Online: More voters trust the Conservatives than Labour on public spending, according to a poll that severely undermines Gordon Brown’s election plans. The exclusive Populus poll for The Times shows that four in five voters believe that significant cuts in public spending are inevitable after the next election, regardless of who wins. People have also become ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 14 Comments ›› Erik Wong
POLITICO: A series of bailouts, bank rescues and other economic lifelines could end up costing the federal government as much as $23 trillion, the U.S. government’s watchdog over the effort says – a staggering amount that is nearly double the nation’s entire economic output for a year. If the feds end up spending that amount, it could ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 42 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Rasmussen: If the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Obama and possible Republican nominee Mitt Romney would be all tied up at 45% each, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. The president, seeking a second four-year term, beats another potential GOP rival, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, by six points – 48% to 42%. In ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
How extremely convenient that the FDA is fumbling right as Obama is trying to push his Social Healthcare "reform". Watch now, as the FDA budget spirals out of control, Obama will appoint a "czar" to take control of it. They will dictate what we eat, what's healthy, what will and will not get approved. It ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Fox News: President Obama accused his health care critics Monday of peddling the "politics of delay and defeat," urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to put aside differences and pass comprehensive health care reform. "The need for reform is urgent and it is indisputable," Obama said. "This isn't about me. This isn't about politics. This is about ...
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