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“Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional," Donald Berwick said. Berwick is Obama's nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Kagan Watch has obtained a copy of Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s senior thesis entitled “To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933.” Here is an excerpt of her discussing writing about socialism and declaring “it is that American radicals cannot afford to become their own worst enemies. In unity lies their only hope.”

In May of 2009, Elena Kagan, as US solicitor general, filed papers with the US Supreme Court encouraging it not to listen to arguments in a lawsuit against the Saudi Arabian government. The suit was filed by thousands of family members and victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US.

On Kagan opposing military recruiters at Harvard Law: "She was right. ... All during that period, she has reached out to veterans in the law school, she has been at promotions ceremonies, she's recognized veterans coming to the law school. So this is not a single bit of anti-military bias. She does think, and I agree with her, that the don't-ask-don't-tell policy is a very bad policy."

<p>During a 2005 Harvard Law School award Luncheon now-Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan lavished praised for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and explained the "privilege" of attending the 2004 Democratic National Convention.</p>

President Obama at Hampton University commencement: "As you probably know, Dr. Height passed away the other week at the age of 98. Having been on the firing line for every fight from lynching to desegregation to the battle for health care reform, she lived a singular life. But she started out just like you, understanding that to make something of herself, she needed a college degree."

Newsweek editor Jon Meacham says Newsweek having Obama on the cover numerous times and thorough coverage of him is not to blame for the magazine's downfall. Transcript below: JON MEACHAM, EDITOR, NEWSWEEK: I’m not pointing fingers, I’m not whining. This is the life we’ve chosen. HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Right. MEACHAM: I believe in this magazine and I’m going to do everything I possibly can and so is everybody at Newsweek to find a future. KURTZ: But as you move more toward opinion, I believe that Newsweek came to be seen as more liberal, you started running more liberal columnists. I’ve...

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: You’ve said that Rush Limbaugh is wrong. That Barack Obama is not a Nazi, right? GEORGE PATAKI, FMR. GOV. NY (R): He’s not a Nazi. MATTHEWS: We agree? PATAKI: Yes? MATTHEWS: And this administration was duly election, it’s not a regime? PATAKI: Correct. MATTHEWS: No, it’s amazing, because you’re not a Dittohead. You know how hard it is to find a Republican that’s not a Dittohead.

MSNBC HOST: Lt. Col., our time is limited, but my last question to you. The Tea Party has raised concerns that it may have, I guess, racism build in it. We have seen some racist signs at past events. People have said that is not apart of the Tea Party movement, but are African-American candidates aligning themselves with the Tea Party? LT. COL. ALLEN WEST (RET.): Well, I don't think they're so much aligning themselves with the Tea Party. The principles and values I espouse: limited government, lower taxes, individual responsibility, accountability, liberty and honoring the traditions of our Constitutional...

Latino students and supporters seem to go after a man in a motorized wheelchair over a Mexican flag.

WASHINGTON POST: How worried are you about the violent elements of the tea party-ization of the country. Are you worried about the president's security? Are you worried about your own security as a black leader? REP. JAMES CLYBURN (R-SC): Not one bit. . . . People are going to look back on this health care and they're going to wonder: "Why did people resist this so?" And I think that people will look back on the presidency of Barack Obama and they're going to say, "I wonder why so many people had so many anxious moments when they elected the...

REPORTER: Are you able to get an answer on Fred's question about the teabagger quote, if the President is aware that people are offended? GIBBS: Again, I have not seen the book. I can't imagine I'm going to ask the President that, but I will -- I will entertain it. I will check.

US Navy Seal Matthew McCabe reacts his acquittal of all charges in a court-martial for supposedly abusing a terrorist detainee. He is the third and final person involved in the matter to be acquitted. To his supporters: "Thank them for all their support. It's been great."

"The economy that shrank for four quarters in a row has now grown for three quarters in a row. And that growth has been a condition for job growth -– the economy that was losing jobs a year ago is creating jobs today.
After the single biggest economic crisis in our lifetimes, we’re heading in the right direction. We’re moving forward. Our economy is stronger; that economic heartbeat is growing stronger."

MSNBC's Tamron Hall: "The Pinal County sheriff released the 911 tapes the injured deputy made, in response to what he called growing speculation that the shooting was staged." On another note, the Deputy Sheriff told the 911 operator to tell his wife that he loves her, in fear that he was not going to make it.

I implore everyone to watch this ... From the YouTube description: "This General Motors CEO explains a few more detail about how GM repaid their loan in "full with interest."

Monday's theory: The Times Square car bomber was a "right-wing" extremist. Tuesday's story: Fear of racism. Today's narrative: The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is former Vice President Dick Cheney's fault. The first clip in this montage is from Monday's edition of "Hardball." David Corn is the first to preach the narrative that a secret energy task force led by Cheney resulted in negligent oil drilling regulations. "Remember the Dick Cheney energy task force. It actually recommended against doing that [having an emergency shut-off switch] because it was too expensive," Corn said. On CNN, RFK Jr. recounts the...

“I know that a lot of you would rather be watching tonight’s game. The Spurs against Los Suns From Phoenix ... We can’t turn law-abiding citizens and law-abiding immigrants into subjects of suspicion and abuse. We can’t divide the American people that way, that’s not the answer. It’s not who we are as the United States of America. That’s why I’ve instructed my administration to closely monitor the new law in Arizona to examine the civil rights and other implications that it may have.”

Rep. David Obey (D-WI) on retiring: "Frankly, I had considered retiring after the 2000 election. But I became so angered by the policies of the Bush administration that I decided to stick around as long as they were here."

Sen. Harry Reid (R-NV): "Republicans are having difficulty determining how they can continue making love to Wall Street."