I’m posting this for our colleague Jay Newton-Small. It arrived by email at 5:39 a.m.:
En route overland from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Haiti
I’m on assignment for TIME heading to earthquake-stricken Haiti. Word is emerging of a strong aftershock this morning. I was meant to embed with the USS Vinson but, having missed
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Health care legislation took a major step toward the finish line today, when the White House and congressional leaders reached a deal on one of the major remaining issues: a proposal, known was the Cadillac tax, to impose a 40% levy on expensive insurance policies. Indeed, it was with the end in sight–and the prospect of a difficult …
Another day, another exercise in damage control from the Senate Majority Leader’s office.
The latest centers on a story in the upcoming edition of the New York Times Magazine, in which Harry Reid is reported to have called Joe Lieberman a double-crosser. This statement, just issued by Reid’s office, is not exactly a
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Amy: Per your post below, Swampland commenter Trifecta55 has a proposal for how we should deal with this:
Don’t you mean “radical cleric” Pat Robertson Michael?
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I am semi serious. When crazy muslim preachers get that title, why don’t those of you in the media use that on Pat Robertson. I am serious, and politefully request a
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This is not a good thing to be saying right before a closer-than-expected election:
Despite that, there is a subdued, almost dispassionate quality to her public appearances, which are surprisingly few. Her voice is not hoarse from late-night rallies. Even yesterday, the day after a hard-hitting debate, she had no public campaign
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In a terrific piece of reporting, National Journal’s Peter Stone has revealed that even as the health insurance industry was publicly supporting the Obama Administration’s drive for health care reform last summer, it was secretly funding ads against it during that crucial period:
As pundits turn themselves inside-out over Harry Reid’s inartful comments about Barack Obama, yesterday’s release of another batch of Nixon papers gives us a little reminder of what truly racial politics looked like at a point in our not-so-distant history:
Yes, it’s true! God’s Gift to Political Reporters says he is thinking of running for office again.
With the House returning to session tomorrow, the final stretch of negotiations over health reform begins in earnest. While there are plenty of differences to be worked out between the House and Senate bill, the so-called “Cadillac tax” is emerging as the main flashpoint. Here’s a brief story I wrote on this for TIME.com.
The White House has just put out this statement:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9, 2010STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
“Harry Reid called me today and apologized for an unfortunate comment reported today. I accepted Harry’s apology without question because I’ve known him for years, I’ve seen the passionate leadership he’s
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First of all, I’d like to echo and associate myself with everything that Kate has to say below, and to congratulate Marcy Wheeler on an excellent piece of reporting. As has been so often the case with Marcy, she distinguishes herself by asking questions and doing spade work that at times makes the rest of us look a little thick by …
TIME.com has a surreal photo essay on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s ski vacation together:
