* The Obama Administration will post its own health care plan online by Monday morning. It will reportedly include at least an outline of what could be passed via reconciliation in the Senate. * I remain very skeptical that a final Democratic bill, even one passed via reconciliation, will include a public option. For some [...]
–It looks like the White House feels they have forged enough consensus on health reform to confirm that details of a plan will be posted early next week. The deal reportedly consists of a reconciliation package that follows the basic framework of the House and Senate bills. However, many Democrats in Congress say they haven’t [...]
Okay, having read and seen the other side of this story, all I can say is: I’m with Mitt on this one. UPDATE: Commenter Virginia Gentleman offers: Only one way to settle this. Judge Judy.
I’m willing to bet that Mitt Romney has never rocked out to “I’m In Miami Bitch.” Sample lyric: “Drink all day/Play all night/Let’s get it popping/I’m in Miami, bitch. . . . It’s morning time/And the girls still there/They lying naked/With some asses in the air.” But Mitt Romney is now familiar with LMFAO, the [...]
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told the press pool on Air Force One that the plane that crashed into an office tower in Austin does not appear to be an act of terrorism, though investigations are continuing. A White House official further clarifies to me that Gibbs was explaining that there do not seem to [...]
The plot thickens. Greg Sargent catches that Chuck Schumer just signed on to the push for Senate Democrats to pass a public option via reconciliation. (See my earlier very skeptical post on this topic in which I agreed with Sargent that Schumer’s support for the idea is meaningful.) And the AP is reporting that the [...]
Taliban leaders are getting rolled up all over Pakistan. Boy, that Obama sure is soft on terrorism. (And is it necessary–yes, I guess absolutely necessary–to note that the patient diplomacy of Hillary Clinton, Richard Holbrooke, Admiral Mike Mullen, General David Petraeus and National Security Adviser Jim Jones is what has nudged the Pakistanis into taking [...]
On Gaza. I’ve spent the past three days wandering about the West Bank, visiting new commercial developments and social programs, and speaking with Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. I’ve also spent some time in Israel, talking with prominent members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the Knesset, as well as [...]
I’m not a fan of making health reform-related predictions – especially after the Scott Brown election – so I won’t say No. But I am comfortable saying that it’s EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY unlikely. But hey, you can’t blame public option devotees for trying. Sixteen Democratic senators and 119 House Democrats have now signed freshman Sen. Michael [...]
