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The Public Option Hot Potato

At the 8:46 mark, Kathleen Sebelius has shown the White House hand in the sudden revival out of nowhere the government insurance option . But the support is only based, once again, on the Senate wanting it pushed through reconciliation. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Once again, as they will when they unveil their plan on Monday, the Administration primary focus for a bill remains to be choice and competition . They'll only go with what will be easiest to pass in the Senate still it seems, but have no idea on what the votes will be in the House if the 51 Dem votes for the public option is unattainable, which it shouldn't be. The pressure is back not only on Reid, but on the remaining Dems Senators (especially Russ Feingold and Tom Harkin) to join in on the push. The lobbying money from the health insurance companies that have dried up over the start of 2010 will kick back up at full speed if it already hasn't.

8/16/09- TWD's Agenda For The Day: The Public Option Is In Risk.

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At very much in risk , and rare that I even link like this from the Associated Press.

12/7/08- TWD's Agenda For The Whole Weekend: The Quick Runthrough

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Here's the quick weekend runthrough: Obama's kept it real on Meet The Press today , telling the sad hack that is Tom Brokaw right now that "The economy is going to get worse before it gets better." Condi Rice flip flops and flip flops some more. Okay, she didn't really do so, but her comments are nevertheless still "uggggghhhhhhhhhhh". As the video from Think Progress shows on the Fixed Propaganda Mournday (Fox News Sunday) show this morning, she expresses regrets about Iraq but doesn't regret taking out Saddam. In fact, she calls the removal of the former dictator, "a strategic achievement." Yes, she said that, and still does say that, STILL : Enough of the rift wrath. Here's Obama today, showing love to Eric Shinseki, who will become the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary. Shinseki is the first Asian-American to be in that position. And what makes Shinseki real is this : Shinseki is most famous for publicly contradicting Bus...