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Better Messaging Is The Key To Winning Health Care

Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Language, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Republicans, Framing, Democrats, Messaging, Barack Obama, Health Care Language, Politics News

In order to pass a robust health care bill, Democrats need to re-frame the debate with a strong, disciplined messaging campaign. They have the power, ...

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Cook Political Report: Dems Face Peril In 2010 Elections

Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats 2010 Congressional Election, 2010 Elections, Cooks Political Report, President Obama, Democrats, Democrats 2010, Politics News

On Thursday, Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report came out with a new post predicting trouble for Democrats in the 2010 elections. Based on the ...

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President Obama's One Term Nightmare

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Obama eventually will get a health care bill to sign. But it will be a bill that will satisfy few.

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Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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Drop Among Dems, Liberals Major Factor In Obama Poll Slide

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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A major factor in President Obama's slide in today's big Washington Post/ABC News poll, which is preoccupying the political classes today, is his surp...

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You Thought That Was Bad? 22 More Reasons to Fear Health-Care Reform

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.20.2009 | Comedy

On page 311 of the health care reform bill: Forced "sterilization" of all surgical tools. One more step toward forced sterilization of everyone.

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How the Democrats Should Have Handled the Health Care Debate

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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A question for the Democrats: How long can you keep getting outplayed by the Republicans, not deliver on your promises and continue to ask for our votes?

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Piecemeal Health Reform: Could It Work?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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I'm not suggesting starting small in hopes of expanding the reform through subsequent legislation. No, I'm suggesting dividing the current health reform bill into several smaller pieces.

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Bipartisanship Porn

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

What we've been witnessing during this health care reform process can easily be defined as "bipartisanship porn." It's a display of bipartisanship so obscene and excessive that it borders on perverse.

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The Health Club at the Corner of Chimera and Mirage

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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Obama the Developer wants to build a health club. Something classy, that's what he's thinking, with all the latest equipment, and enough room so everyone in town can join.

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Health care and the Ratings

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.19.2009 | Media

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These ratings suggest that popular support for the health care bill is waning.

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Fighting Words

Chez Pazienza | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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The Democrats have the power and the numbers, and yet they behave as if the other side would show them the same courtesy were the roles reversed -- as if the last eight years never happened.

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Nixonland: Murder in the Cathedral

Peter Schwartz | Posted 08.19.2009 | Home

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Nixonland reads like nothing more than an undergraduate thesis. It is sprawling, poorly written, and ham-handed analytically.

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Did the Inglorious N.O.P. Bust a Cap in Health Care Reform?

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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From a branding perspective, is this really how the Republican Party wants to be defined? Hate speech -- true hate speech -- should never be tolerated in any form.

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New York Times: Democrats Seem Set To Go Alone On A Health Bill

New York Times | CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority's cooperation i...

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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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Bye Bye Public Option

Robert Davey | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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Republicans are still telling lies, only now the lies and misrepresentation are about health reform. And their lies are being believed once again.

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Liberals: Take the Gloves Off

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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A good place to start winning on health care is to conduct hearings (Henry Waxman, where are you when we need you?) and town hall meetings dedicated to the wrongs of the private, profit-making sector.

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Why Health Care Hurts the President

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

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All Democratic presidents have to offer meaningful health care legislation. And all Democratic presidents are hugely vulnerable on the subject.

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Dumb Is the New Smart

Dave Astor | Posted 08.18.2009 | Comedy

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To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the simplicity, stupid!" One reason why extremist Republicans have way more clout than their numbers deserve is tha...

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America's Gay Leadership Crisis

Rupert Russell | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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At a time when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are flourishing in America's public life like never before, those charged with advancing their civil equality have retreated into the closet.

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The Unbearable Weakness of Democratic Being

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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A Rasmussen poll now has the Republican Party as more trusted on the health care issue than Democrats. How are they winning? Because the Democrats brought a scalpel to a gun fight.

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FiveThirtyEight.Com: Democratic Gains In Midwest Slower Than Needed To Become National Majority

FiveThirtyEight.com | Tom Schaller | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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The Midwest is the swing region of the country. That's true in presidential elections, for sure, especially in what I call the "Great Eight" states; i...

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Frustration Mounts: Dem Rep Says Town Hall Protesters Using "Fascist Tactics"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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The Netroots Nation convention this past weekend offered the progressive political community a chance to catch its breath, reassess and regroup during...

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