In These Times By JAMES THINDWA For more than 30 years, Democrats have failed to defend the state in the face of conservative attacks. Last November, at one of the most perilous moments in U.S. history, Americans gave Barack Obama and the Democrats a mandate to change the direction of the country. They wanted to [...]
Archive for August 12th, 2009
12 Aug
Canadians Back ‘Public Solutions’ to Improve Care, Poll Finds
www.commondreams.org Published on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 by Globe and Mail Canadians Back ‘Public Solutions’ to Improve Care, Poll Finds by André Picard An overwhelming 86 per cent of Canadians favour “public solutions” for bolstering medicare, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition, is being released Wednesday as a [...]
12 Aug
Facts, Falsehoods and the Benefits of Reform in Portsmouth
THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG THE BLOG SUBSCRI TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2009 AT 5:33 PM Facts, Falsehoods and the Benefits of Reform in Portsmouth Posted by Katherine Brandon The President hosted a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on health insurance reform, telling the crowd, ”I don’t think government bureaucrats should be meddling, but I also don’t think insurance [...]
12 Aug
“I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter.”
Come on Mr. President, do you or do you not support a single-payer system? Let’s get the issue cleared up once and for all. We have/had greater expectations… Jim O’ The Truth-O-Meter Says: “I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter.” Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 in a town hall meeting [...]
12 Aug
Easing The ‘Death Panel’ Fear
By Kathleen Parker Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Sarah Palin was right, the second time. We do need to turn down the rhetorical heat lest we miss important issues in the proposed House health-care bill. Unfortunately, Palin’s more thoughtful comments followed a made-for-the-tabloids Facebook post suggesting that under President Obama’s health-care reform, a “death panel” would [...]
12 Aug
Change We Can’t Believe In?
By Ruth Marcus Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Candidate Barack Obama offered a lofty vision of how his White House would operate. When the details of health reform were being hammered out, he vowed, “We’ll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and [...]
12 Aug
Progressive Breakfast: Obama To Take Back The Town Hall
Campaign for America’s Future By Bill Scher August 11, 2009 – 9:45am ET The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Obama To Mix It Up In NH Obama to conduct NH town hall at 1 PM ET. W. Post: “[Today] he will talk about people [...]
