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Obama persuades Kucinich to back health-care bill

President Obama claimed his first convert on health-care reform Wednesday, as senior Democrats, labor unions and an array of interest groups intensified their efforts to sway wavering lawmakers before...
Early races for Congress may give forecast for November

Circle May 18 on your calendar. What happens that day will tell us much about the mood of the electorate heading into the November midterm elections.
It's Obama vs. the Supreme Court, Round 2, over campaign finance ruling

President Obama and the Supreme Court have waded again into unfamiliar and strikingly personal territory.
Book review: 'Courage and Consequence' by Karl Rove

In his crafty memoir, "Courage and Consequence," Karl Rove reveals that his remarkable skills flowered early and that political battles waged even before puberty left scars that forever fed his partis...
Wall Street shifting political contributions to Republicans

Commercial banks and high-flying investment firms have shifted their political contributions toward Republicans in recent months amid harsh rhetoric from Democrats about fat bank profits, generous bon...

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The Daily Wrap

Today on the Dish we watched Netanyahu dig in, Abe Foxman play the Jewish card on Petraeus, the Greens kept the fires burning in Iran, and more evidence surface against DADT. The WaPo and Bernstein ga...
Osama On Trial

Holder said yesterday that bin Laden "will never appear in an American courtroom." Matt Steinglass counters: Call me an Islamofascist symp, but I rather like the idea of seeing the man put on trial in...
Pass. The. Damn. Bill.

Jay Newton-Small: [T]he 24-hour cable net cycle has been stuck on ugly process maneuverings in the vacuum of no score from the Congressional Budget Office and no bill. This meme just adds to the back...
A Saint Paddy's Day Special

Catherine Tate, genius:...
How The Right Could Improve Health Reform In The Future

Noah Millman is hammering together a policy platform (here are parts one, two, three, four, five, and six). From the second post: My own inclination is to say that Obama’s health-care proposal is a...

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Di-Fecta!

It seems there are two candidates vying to be governor of Georgia who had their high school teaching licenses suspended for misconduct with underaged female students. Normally you have to really look...
Reich Remembers

All crystal clear. From Bob's new post ... I was serving in the Clinton administration at the time. In the first months of 1993 it looked as if Clinton's health care proposal would sail through Congre...
Verdict In

Whatever happens with Health Care Reform or the November election, I think we can say that having the American Idol kids sing from the Rolling Stones songbook was a profoundly misguided, perhaps tragi...
Would You Believe a Public Option?

Earlier today, MSNBC's David Shuster seemed to get Rep. John Shadegg, a very conservative congressman from Arizona, to say that he'd support a "single payer" health care system. Our Rachel Slajda foll...
(Freaked) Fly on the Wall

TPM Reader JO checks in from the Lone Star State ... I'm on a telephone town hall with my representative (unfortunately) Jeb Hensarling. Most of the callers are elderly and ill-informed. Sadly, they p...

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Democrats yet to decide on health-care bill bear the weight of Washington - Washington Post

USA TodayDemocrats yet to decide on health-care bill bear the weight of WashingtonWashington PostDemocrat Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania says he has not decided yet how to vote on the new House health-...
Fred Barnes: The Health-Care Wars Are Only Beginning - Wall Street Journal

ReutersFred Barnes: The Health-Care Wars Are Only BeginningWall Street JournalThe president's health plan won't solve a problem. It will be the start of bitter fights over funding and policy t...
President Barack Obama Talks to Bret Baier About Health Care Reform Bill - FOXNews

USA TodayPresident Barack Obama Talks to Bret Baier About Health Care Reform BillFOXNewsThis is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Bret Baier" from March 17, 2010. This copy may not b...
Catholic opposition to health bill fades - Boston Globe

The StateCatholic opposition to health bill fadesBoston GlobeWASHINGTON — Roman Catholic opposition to the health care overhaul package is crumbling, with some church officials and lawmakers conclud...
Levy to Run as Republican in Governor Bid - Wall Street Journal

New York TimesLevy to Run as Republican in Governor BidWall Street JournalSuffolk County Executive Steve Levy has decided to abandon the Democratic Party and run for governor of New York as a Republic...

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Analyzing Obama's NCAA Basketball Tournament Picks

Analyzing Barack Obama's NCAA tournament bracket.
Court Hears Challenge to Military Funeral Protests

The Supreme Court takes up the issue of whether hurling antigay invective at a soldier's funeral is protected speech.
Liberals' Five Favorite Republicans

Democrats have broken up with the Olympia Snowes and Christie Whitmans of old. But even in this polarized political moment, there are five Republicans they have learned to love.
Netanyahu to Biden: We Don't Need America

Israel didn't just spit in Joe Biden's face last week. It jeopardized America's willingness to protect it from Iran.
Behind the GOP 'Commitment to America'

Sixteen years after the Gingrich revolution, Rep. Kevin McCarthy is concocting his own multipoint plan to win over America and take back the House.

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Texas Governor Race: Can Bill White Beat Rick Perry?

Some pundits are giving Democrat Bill White a chance against incumbent Republican Rick Perry in the Texas gubernatorial race in November. And Perry has already come out swinging...
Rand Paul Leads GOP Kentucky Senate Race as Outsider

Rand Paul has taken the lead in the GOP primary race to succeed Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning, but he's done it by attacking Republicans as often as Democrats...
Rep. Kucinich to Support Health Bill

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the House considers it...
Health Care Reform Bill: Dems, GOP Compete for Support

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent another day wooing votes on the health care reform bill, the GOP line of attack on the reconciliation process seemed to be gathering momentum...
Senate OKs Jobs Bill for Obama's Signature

Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday...

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Obama campaign head gets big book deal

David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential election. “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory” will...
Officials turn down Franken request

Democrat Al Franken is asking the Minnesota governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate.
Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.
Franken lead at 49 with absentees left to count

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49- vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.
Minn. Senate winner won't be known in 2008

With the state Canvassing Board ready to award the last pile of votes in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Democrat Al Franken clung to a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Norm Coleman. The final c...

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Health bill gains ground but release delayed (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from a retired Catholic bishop and nuns representing d...
Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan (AP)

AP - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the fede...
Retired Catholic bishop endorses health care bill (AP)

AP - A retired Catholic bishop is announcing his support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, despite the church's official opposition.
FACT CHECK: Obama plan only slows premiums rise (AP)

AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.
Homestretch scramble for votes (Politico)

Politico - Barack Obama faces the stiffest test of his first-term agenda — and a defining moment in his presidency — as Democratic Party leaders mount a fevered campaign this week to round...

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RNC: GOP Will Take Back the House if Healthcare Passes

One official expects Republicans to pick up 60 seats even if Democrats win on healthcare reform.
Obama Invited to Give a New Gettysburg Address

Organizers of the 150th anniversary are banking on Obama’s re-election.
Cooperation Rules With Hill Staff Despite Polarization

The bitter partisanship has everyone on edge on Capitol Hill.
Michelle Obama Gets Backup From Scarlett Johansson on Healthful Eating

Michele Obama’s campaign against obesity gets backup from Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Kucinich.
Chamber Polls Find Public Is Opposed to Healthcare Plan

Republican call to start over on healthcare boosted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce polls of key districts.

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HIREd

Obama to hold jobs bill signing ceremony Thursday in the Rose Garden.
Tick Tock

No final CBO score yet, House vote likely bumped to Sunday.
Senate Assurances

Reid and Co. pen a letter to House Dems on health care fixes.
Gibbs Feeling Sunny

Press secretary to brief from the Rose Garden Thursday.
Down to the Wire

Obama schedules health care event for Friday in Fairfax.

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Jeffrey Toobin: What will the Supreme Court be like without its liberal leader?

Supreme Court Justices are remembered for their opinions, but they are revealed by their questions. For many years, Sandra Day O’Connor chose to open the questioning in most cases, and thus show...
Hendrik Hertzberg: Can nuclear power make a comeback?

Once the unpleasantness at Hiroshima and Nagasaki had had a little time to recede, America discovered that “the atom” wasn’t all bad. The bomb, yes—it was terrifying, as terrif...
John Cassidy: Timothy Geithner’s tough sell to an angry public.

In the history of product launches, the rollout of the Obama Administration’s plan to stabilize the financial system was in the category of “Ishtar,” smokeless cigarettes, and New Co...
Lauren Collins: New York's wayward pols.

New York has a state flower (rose), a state beverage (milk), a state insect (ladybug), and a state muffin (apple). It also has, if the past few weeks are any indication, a menagerie of politicians who...
Hendrik Hertzberg: Bipartisanship and your health.

Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, is a reader—and something of a postmodern interpreter—of the works of Albert Camus and George Orwell. A few days before President Obama̵...

More at New Yorker »

Fallen

WASHINGTON -- One of the tragedies of the viciously politicized battle over health care reform is the defection of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops from a cause they have championed for decades. In...
Is Education on the Wrong Track?

This week, we've gathered some of top names in education policy to discuss the direction of school reform under No Child Left Behind and, now, the Obama administration. At the heart of the conversatio...
Right Mind

It’s roughly two weeks shy of the September 12 march on Washington, and Glenn Beck is distraught. Behind him on the cavernous Fox News set is Beck’s familiar dry-erase board, upon which va...
Lawyer Up

Earlier this month,the conservative organization Keep America Safe launched a p.r. fusillade against Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys who represented Guantánamo detainees. “The crux...
POTUS v. SCOTUS

Barack Obama is gunning for a confrontation with the Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Roberts has signaled that he welcomes the fight. Last week, the chief justice described the president’s...

More at New Republic »

Audit D.C. Notes: The Post on Chamber Politics, Roll Call on K St. Pay, Hoop Dreams
Parsing the AP’s Health Care Primer

Its attempt at informing falls short...
CBS Throws Debt Numbers Against Wall
Audit D.C. Notes: The FT Looks at the Lobbyist Set; WSJ on Credit Agencies, NPR on the Dow, Etc.
He-Said, She-Said on Medicare

The Times gets stuck on the surface of the Medicare debate...

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Bill Eases Penalty For Crack Cocaine Possession

The current law punishes crack users 100 times more heavily than powder cocaine users. Critics say the sentencing disparity has had a huge impact on people of color, partly because crack cocaine is mu...
Experts See U.S.-Israel Crisis As Wake-Up Call

Officials in the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday continued efforts to publicly downplay the most serious rift between the two allies in nearly two decades. The controversy has laid bare the allies' deter...
Idaho To Sue If Health Care Overhaul Passes

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if federal legislation requiring residents to buy insurance goes through. Similar measures, which experts say ar...
Obama Graded On Health Lessons Learned From Clintons

The Obama administration may show that it's possible to be a great student, but still fail the final.
Abortion Still A Sticking Point In Health Care

Abortion still drives some anti-abortion rights Democrats away from the health care bill. The dispute isn't just about abortion, it's also about what the bills actually say about abortion. Timothy Jos...

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Wednesday's Mini-Report

WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Pakistan: "Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at vehicles and hit a militant hide-out in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on...
A few key 'yes' votes

A FEW KEY 'YES' VOTES.... When Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) announced this morning that he will support the health care reform bill, it gave reform proponents a helpful boost. But, while Kucinich is...
The wit and wisdom of Mike Pence

THE WIT AND WISDOM OF MIKE PENCE.... House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the #3 official in the House GOP leadership, spoke to The Daily Caller about some of the procedural quest...
The light at the end of the tunnel isn't a train

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ISN'T A TRAIN.... Time's Jay Newton-Small has a good piece today about a larger political environment that Democrats find intimidating, but which may be poised to ch...
Classy

CLASSY.... I suppose it's safe to say we won't be hearing the phrase "compassionate conservatism" again anytime soon. Supporters and opponents of health care reform assembled outside Rep. Ma...

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Climate Madness!

Today's global warming fear-mongering is tomorrow's late-night camp TV.
Blue On Blue Attacks in the Bay Area

Zombie writes that in sleepy San Francisco, there's just no place for a street fighting vegan.
Polling Shows Americans Have a Deep Dislike of ObamaCare’s Process, and the Substance

Steny Hoyer and other Democratic leaders are dead wrong — and arrogant — when they discuss the opinions of Americans.
New Poll Finds Americans Really, Really Do Not Want ObamaCare (PJM Exclusive)

A national poll, conducted by the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest Advance with PJM, shows massive opposition to the bill during its final week. (Click here for poll results.)...
What Do Hispanics — and All Voters — Want? Survey Says …

Hispanics will play an increasing role in determining the outcome of future elections. But which issues provide the most common ground for the GOP to make inroads? (Don't miss PJTV's Border Disorder:...

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FactCheck.org Has a New Look!

You'll still find our content at the same place, but you'll need to change your RSS feed to http://factcheck.org/feed/rss/...
Did Michelle Obama and her daughters use taxpayer money to take a European vacation?

The first lady, her mother and her children did stay in Europe for a private vacation after the president completed an overseas trip on official business. However, no taxpayer money was used for the f...
Obama's Health Care News Conference

Facts vs. Obama...
Does the House energy bill subject owners of existing homes to an energy efficiency audit before they can sell?

Rep. Boehner and Rush Limbaugh got this wrong. The Realtors and home builders associations say there's no such requirement in the bill, as do we.
Canadian Straw Man

More ads claim that Congress is pushing a Canadian-style health care bill.

More at Fact Check »

If there were a Nobel Prize for Gaffetastic-ity…

Ed Morrissey has done a terrific job at Hot Air chronicling President Obama’s malapropisms, blunders, fantasy math, and history-flubbing with his “Obamateurisms” series. It’s a...
Landmark Legal Foundation to Slaughter House butchers: Not without a fight; Update: The states’ revolt

Photoshop exclusive: Big Fur Hat at iowntheworld.com and Applecross Media (Get your Constitution Butchers poster here.) Not without a fight, Deem-o-crats: Mark R. Levin, president of Landmark Legal Fo...
In response to amnesty stooge Dick Armey

I have wonderful, grass-roots friends at Freedomworks. Dick Armey is not one of them. He’s a clueless promoter of bailout-happy, big government Republican Sen. John McCain. And Armey’s a...
Obama, Pelosi on a money-grubbing mission

Demcare is not a done deal. They haven’t even released the House version to the public yet, but plan to ram it through on Saturday. Those pesky little details aren’t getting in the way of...
The 11 Senate Republicans who voted for the $17 billion Porkulus II jobs bill

The tax breaks and projected jobs in the Senate jobs bill are illusory. The $17 billion package circumvents pay-go rules. But no matter. The Senate passed the Porkulus II today by 68-29 — with s...

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Open Thread for Night Owls: Tim Geithner

Inside Man is Josh Green's look at Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in the April issue of The Atlantic. As always, it's a good idea to read an entire article before judging it, especially since Green's...
Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are BentLiberal, YatPundit, Alfonso Nevarez, srkp23, mem from somerville, jlms qkw, and grog. Take a break from your green beer, green eggs, green ham and any other green con...
Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 3/17/10

Today, the Wrap wears green, because it is Hell to get pinched that many times.... THE U.S. SENATE CA-Sen: Rasmussen Sees Tight Re-Election Race for Boxer Is the Senate race in the Golden State tigh...
Doctor "Survey" Touted by Right Wing Debunked

Lest we forget that the Right lies, at every opportunity and about pretty much anything, they do. Media Matters: Right-wing media have seized on a dubious, three-month old email "survey" that purpor...
Holder Defends Civilian Courts for Terror Suspects

Adam Sewer reported yesterday on Eric Holder's testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee in defense of civilian trials over military commissions for 9/11 and other terror suspects. Testif...

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Fox News Cares About Process, Even if Most Voters Don't

As Jay and I have pointed out, by the time Election Day rolls around, most voters probably won't care much what procedures or sweetheart deals Democrats employed in their efforts to pass health care r...
So Speaker Pelosi....

Where is the CBO score? There were hints the score would come last week. The by the weekend. Then Monday. Then Tuesday. Earlier today, Talking Points Memo reported that "multiple sources in the House...
Almost Everyone's An Outsider

I've said many times the current anti-Washington mood makes congressional incumbents act like they've never been there before. Nowhere is this more apparent than in carefully staged campaign ads. But...
The Nuns V. The Bishops

Okay, fellow Catholic school alums, which side would you put your money on to prevail in this one?: WASHINGTON — Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan,...
1,000 Words: Swing Vote Edition

The latest from our White House Photo Blog. Anyone else suspect the Democrats might be warming up to that whole Department of Peace idea?

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A seven-step guide to health care

From msnbc.com's Carrie Dann, Tom Curry and NBC's Ken StricklandDemocratic lawmakers hope that they are about to begin the finale of their intricate, year-long dance towards passing a comprehensive ov...
Is 'Deem and Pass' Constitutional?

From NBC's Pete WilliamsIs the way the House apparently plans to vote on the health-care bill constitutional? The Senate passed its version in December. Now the House must decide whether to accept wha...
Obama's new Rahm?

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroYou think Rahm Emanuel is tough? The vote on health care is getting close, and President Obama may have a new secret weapon to shore up the votes -- Kansas State men's bas...
Senate Dems meet to ensure fixes

From NBC's Ken StricklandSenate Democrats will hold a closed-door meeting this afternoon to ensure they can hold up their end of the process to pass some fixes in the health-care reform bill. House De...
Kucinich to switch to yes vote

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroPresident Obama's personal lobbying of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, one of the staunchest advocates of a single-payer system and who opposed the House bill in the first go round...

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