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Seaspook's Rants (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Remember the recent story about the alleged copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate for sale on eBay ? Well it seems eBay kept deleting it and the seller would re-list it, but I think he finally gave up. I certainly never held any hope this was the real thing, but the thing that strikes me is that liberal moonbat Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder, billionaire and Obama appointee won't take the slightest...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Yglesias : I will say that one thing I like about Washington is that relative to other major American metro areas, DC is relatively egalitarian in economic terms. The $172,200 that the top White House staff make is good money but it’s hardly enough to put you in the stratosphere of the American economic elite. And yet, these are some of the most important and successful men and women in Washington....
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
A friend of John Edwards tells all ACCORDING to a former friend of John Edwards—once so close he told reporters that he was actually the father of the candidate's alleged "love child", now so distant he's shopping a book—the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate in 2004 had a deal with Barack Obama. The president, says Andrew Young, said he would make Mr Edwards his attorney...
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The Note (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Former Sen. Tom Daschle indicated today that he believes a sweeping health reform measure is likely to include a new tax on at least some health care benefits, adding to a sense of momentum around...
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Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Fixin' It by digby Ezra Klein says that a lot of people think we need to relax and have faith that health care will be fixed in conference: [H]ere's a question that few have asked, and that virtually no one knows the answer to: How important is conference committee to the way the White House is looking at health care? I've heard it's pretty important. Heard the same thing about Harry Reid, actually....
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Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Listening To The Serious People by dday Mike Lux says what needs to be said about Tom Daschle's el foldo move against the public option, and it has weight because Lux worked for Daschle for many years. Caving to Republicans and the insurance industry in the name of getting "health reform" passed just won't work, particularly because you will lose every ally on the left and end up with absolutely...
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MyDD (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
In an interview with Ezra Klein , the former Majority Leader restates his support for a public option: You made headlines the other day for dismissing the need for a public plan. Want to talk a bit more on that? I don't know where that came from. We've been pushing back on that all day. I didn't say that. I have said emphatically I support a public plan. A Medicare-for-all public plan. Any federal...
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THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Would this be the same Tom Daschle who failed to pay his income taxes? Yes it is, but this time Obama gave him a job without needing Senate confirmation. Senator Tom Daschle Appointed as Member of Commission on White House Fellowships
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Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
ABC’s The Note reports: In an attempt at bipartisanship, three former majority leaders of the U.S. Senate, Tom Daschle, Howard Baker, and Bob Dole, offered their solution today to the biggest obstacle to achieving health care reform — a public option. “While I feel very strongly that consumers should have the choice of a national, Medicare-like [...]
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The Talent Show (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Tom Daschle, whose reign as Senate leader gave us the Bush tax cuts, the PATRIOT ACT, and the Iraq war, still doesn’t have any balls.
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Bizblogger (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Obama named his members for a presidential commission on fellowships. Among those "non-partisans" like Tom Brokaw and Tom Daschle is Obama's own sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng. Why not appoint Michelle Obama to a non-partisan inspector general position?
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Broadcasting & Cable magazine reports President Obama has named two NBC News veterans to the selection panel for the White House Fellows program, which will select new Fellows in the coming week: Tom Brokaw, now a special correspondent for NBC News, and John Hockenberry of Public Radio International and formerly with NBC and ABC, join a distinguished panel that includes General Wesley Clark, Harvard...
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Donklephant (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Does anyone care about the opinions of former Senate majority leaders? What if one was once his party’s presidential nominee and another one nearly became President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services? Today, former Senate majority leaders Bob Dole, Tom Daschle and Howard Baker released a health care plan they claim includes the kind of [...]
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JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Nepotism you can believe in. Also appointed to this "diverse, non-partisan" group are Tom Daschle, Wesley Clark, Paul Sarbanes and (ahem) NBC's Tom Brokaw.Some diversity.Today, President Obama appointed 28 members to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. This accomplished group of citizens representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and professions are responsible...
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Horserace (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
On "Washington Unplugged," Former Senators Tom Daschle and Bob Dole Say A Bipartisan Bill Should Get In The Range Of 20 Republican Senate Votes
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Daschle caving to special interests?
Taking some money there, Tom? Public option BACK on table, tax the rich, get it done!!
elizabeth - (not a member) - 06/20/2009