SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DAILY DIGEST FOR 3/04/10

Obama calls for reconciliation to prevent filibuster on health-care reform

Washington Post ^ | March 4, 2010 | Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:36:55 AM by ricks_place

President Obama's endorsement Wednesday of a risky legislative maneuver to complete health-care legislation sent Democratic leaders scrambling to settle policy disputes and assemble the votes necessary for passage in the coming weeks.

Some Dems are wary of Obama's final health push

AP/YahooNews ^ | 3/3/10 | Rank-and-file Democrats in Congress remain wary of health care legislation in spite of President Bar

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:05:27 AM by Kartographer

Rank-and-file Democrats in Congress remain wary of health care legislation in spite of President Barack Obama's closing argument for overhauling the system, well aware that success is far from assured and political perils abound.

Could Issue of Abortion Derail Health Care Bill ? ....(deep divide among Democrats)

ABC News ^ | March 4, 2010 | HUMA KHAN

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:24:50 AM by IrishMike

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., today said he and 11 other House members will not vote for the health care bill unless it includes more stringent language to prevent federal funding from going toward abortion services.

Blue Dog Pack Threatens to Kill Health Bill Over Abortion

Fox News / AP ^ | 3/4/2010 | Associated Press

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:08:17 AM by EagleUSA

Health professionals applaud as President Obama speaks about health care reform at the White House. Blue Dog Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak says he's counted 11 lawmakers plus himself willing to kill President Obama's health care overhaul over abortion language.

Scott M. Matheson Jr. Circuit Court Nominee: Obama Buying Healthcare Votes?

Right Pundits ^ | March 4, 2010 | Shannon Bell

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:06:18 AM by La Lydia

President Obama has nominated Scott M. Matheson Jr. to the 10th circuit court of appeals; and in a completely unrelated event, Matheson’s brother, Utah congressman Jim Matheson was among a group of 10 democrats who met at the White House to discuss their votes on healthcare with the President. Jim Matheson had previously voted against the House healthcare bill, now Obama wants to talk it over.

Obamacare Vote Purchased With Appointment of Congressman's Brother To Federal Court?

The Lid/Various ^ | 3/4/2010 | The Lid

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:14:30 AM by Shellybenoit

Here's two stories that, at first glance seem unrelated:

Scott Matheson named to 10th Circuit appellate court Washington » President Barack Obama on Wednesday named Utahn Scott Matheson Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, elevating the former law school dean and son of a two-term governor to the appeals court covering Utah and five other states.

Obama Now Selling Judgeships for Health Care Votes? [How Much Lower Do We Go?]

WeeklyStandard ^ | March 04, 2010 | John McCormack

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:49:26 PM by Steelfish

Obama Now Selling Judgeships for Health Care Votes? Obama names brother of undecided House Dem to Appeals Court.

John McCormack March 3, 2010 Tonight, Barack Obama will host ten House Democrats who voted against the health care bill in November at the White House; he's obviously trying to persuade them to switch their votes to yes. One of the ten is Jim Matheson of Utah. The White House just sent out a press release announcing that today President Obama nominated Matheson's brother Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Rep. Jim Matheson says Obama not trying to buy his health care reform vote

The Desert News ^ | March 4, 2010 | Lee Davidson

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:39:46 PM by Clintonfatigued

Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, is furious that some Republicans and bloggers suggest that President Barack Obama is trying to buy his vote on health care reform by nominating his brother, Scott M. Matheson Jr., as a federal appeals court judge.

Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare

Wall Street Jouranl ^ | 3/4/2010 | Paul Ryan

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:18:15 AM by PhxRising

The following are remarks made by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, about the cost of the House and Senate health-care bills at President Obama's Blair House summit on health care, Feb. 25:

Look, we agree on the problem here. And the problem is health inflation is driving us off of a fiscal cliff.

Romneycare model a dud (vs ObamaCare)

Boston Herald ^ | 3/4/10 | Michael Graham

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:27:13 AM by xtinct

So this is what it looks like when a mild-mannered, liberal community activist goes “nuclear.”

President Barack Obama didn’t use the “n” word - or even the “r” word, “reconciliation.” But he made it clear he’s ready to go to Democrat DefCon4, give the partisan launch codes and inflict Obamacare on the American people at any political cost.

In defending his decision to go nuclear, Obama talked about insurance company “abuses.” He talked about premium hikes in California. He talked about a sick mom in Wisconsin. He even talked (in extremely modest ways) about Republican ideas like tort reform and fighting Medicare fraud.

What Obama didn’t mention was Massachusetts.

Is reconciliation the biggest problem in ObamaCare push?

Hot Air ^ | March 4, 2010 | by Ed Morrissey

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:18:03 AM by Track9

Over the last few days, readers have sent a number of e-mails objecting to our focus on reconciliation as the big problem facing the opposition to ObamaCare. Reconciliation is just a ruse, they warn. The real danger is that the House will pass the Senate version of ObamaCare and that Barack Obama will sign it into law. The Senate doesn’t have to do anything at that point, except perhaps dodge the missiles tossed across the Capitol’s parking lot from their colleagues in the House after stiffing them on fixing their concerns.

Kaine Laughs Off Sleazy Deals. Sebelius: Kansans 'Wildly Supportive' Of ObamaCare Substance

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:52:46 AM by governsleastgovernsbest

Someone submit the Morning Joe java to Henry Waxman for analysis. There seems to be something in it causing top Dems to experience serious delusions . . .

On today's show, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claimed that the people of her home state of Kansas are "wildly supportive" of the substance of ObamaCare. Unfortunately, suggested Sebelius, they're just too ignorant to know what's in the blessed bill.

Later, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine didn't deny that the Obama admin had engaged in two sleazy patronage deals, involving Joe Sestak and Scott Matheson. Instead, the DNC Chairman laughed off the cynical, and possibly illegal, arrangements. "Life is life," smirked Kaine.

View video here.

Democrats would kill healthcare over abortion

Reuters ^ | March 4, 2010

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:00:26 PM by La Lydia

A dozen House of Representatives Democrats opposed to abortion are willing to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan unless it satisfies their demand for language barring the procedure, Representative Bart Stupak said on Thursday.

"Yes. We're prepared to take responsibility," Stupak said on ABC's "Good Morning America" when asked if he and his 11 Democratic allies were willing to accept the consequences for bringing down healthcare reform over abortion.

Obamacare Health Bill runs Into Michigan Congressman life stand

Ann Arbor Examiner ^ | March 4, 2010 | Kevin Fobbs

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:48:24 PM by Kfobbs

Michigan Congressman Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) may very well hold the life or death of the Obamacare health plan in his hands. He has been one of the few shepherds of the Right-To-Life movement on the Democrat side in Congress. As the arguments over the size of the bill and whether or not a Senate supermajority could have held – at least until the election of Republican Scott Brown in January – not many in the nation’s capitol or the country knew very much about Congressman Stupak.

White House: March 18 goal for House vote on Senate healthcare bill

The HIll ^ | 3/4/10 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:25:16 PM by Nachum

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday the White House hopes to see the House approve the healthcare bill by March 18, the first day of the NCAA college basketball tournament and just before President Barack Obama leaves the country on an international trip.

Sec'y Sebelius huddles with insurers, states over double-digit health insurance rate increases

Cox News ^ | 3-4-10 | LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:37:44 PM by cajuncow

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- Keeping up the pressure for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius chastised top insurance executives Thursday over proposed double-digit rate hikes she said top the list of reasons that Congress must quickly pass his plan.

To Make a Point About Skyrocketing Health Insurance Premiums, President Obama Shares the Story..

abc ^ | 3/4/2010 | Jake Tapper

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:25:48 PM by tobyhill

As we reported earlier,in his pop-in on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's meeting with top health insurance company executives, the president read a letter from a Ohio woman to make a point.

Pelosi: Lawmaker healthcare concerns can be satisfied

Reuters ^ | 3/4/10 | Donna Smith

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:45:38 PM by Dewey Revoltnow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she was confident of satisfying Democratic concerns about a Senate-approved healthcare bill and passing the measure.

Determined Obama eyes Easter deadline for healthcare reform

Financial Times ^ | 3/4/10 | Edward Luce

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:11:56 PM by truthandlife

Edited on Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:52:09 PM by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Easter is turning into the new Christmas for Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform. Late last year senators worked round-the-clock until Christmas eve to pass the $871bn 10-year bill before the president's Yuletide deadline.

Boehner says he expects health bill to hit House floor 'within days'

The Hill ^ | 03/04/10 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:19:15 PM by kingattax

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday he expects Democrats' healthcare bill to hit the House floor "within days."

Can the Moral ‘Narrative’ of ObamaCare Be Defeated?

Pajamas Media ^ | March 4, 2010 | Paul Hsieh

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:11:33 PM by KippLanham

President Obama has finally demanded an “up or down vote” on his health care plan. Republicans have already raised numerous economic and procedural objections, arguing that his plan relies on economic “smoke and mirrors” and that the president is now endorsing the same controversial “reconciliation” process that he denounced in 2005 as a senator as “the wrong place for policy changes.” Yet the president and his supporters remain committed to their goal of government-run “universal health care.” Why is that?

Pelosi: Health Care Reform Will Not Lead to Federal Funding of Abortion (video)

Associated Press ^ | March 4, 2010

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:36:41 PM by Free ThinkerNY

Pelosi: "If you believe that there should be no federal funding of abortion. And if you believe that there should be no change in the policy. And if you believe that we need health care for all Americans, we will pass the bill. And we will pass the bill."

Democrats Drive Over a Cliff on Healthcare

newsmax ^ | Kessler

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:03:57 PM by jessduntno

Now that President Obama and congressional Democrats have dug in their heels on passing a healthcare reform bill, it’s clear they are intent on driving off a cliff.

In the latest poll by CNN and Opinion Research, 73 percent of Americans say they are opposed to any healthcare legislation or say they want Congress to start over again with a new bill. Only 25 percent want the current legislation passed.

Dems plan 'pain' for GOP if they drag out health debate

thehill.com ^ | March 4, 2010 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:14:53 PM by Free ThinkerNY

Democrats plan "pain" for Republicans who seek to slow or block passage of healthcare legislation, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Wednesday night.

Brown said that if Republicans try to offer amendments and use parliamentary maneuvers to grind out the legislative process, Democrats would retaliate with all-night sessions and other methods of fighting back.

Here's the Score [tough math for Obamacare to pass]

NRO ^ | 3/4/2010 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:04:31 PM by Uncledave

Here's the Score.

Here's what we know*...

Last time, the health care bill passed the House by a vote of 220 to 215. Since then, Robert Wexler of Florida and Neil Abercombie of Hawaii resigned, and John Murtha passed away. All of them were "yes" votes, and none of their replacements have been elected yet, so that moves the numbers to 217 to 215.

Awesome: GOP congressman to delay resignation so he can vote no on ObamaCare- Nathan Deal of Georgia

Hot Air ^ | March 4, 2010 4:15 pm | Allahpundit

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:27:51 PM by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yesterday they needed 216 to pass it, now they need 217. Like Ace says: Nomentum.

White House ratcheted its push for a quick healthcare vote

reuters ^ | 3/4/2010 | reuters

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:03:28 PM by mikelets456

After a White House session attended by President Barack Obama and several of the country's top health insurers, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius questioned the industry's "jaw-dropping" rate hikes.

Howard Dean: Health bill hangs Dem incumbents and Obama out to dry in elections

The Hill ^

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:28:15 PM by Sub-Driver

Passing the healthcare proposals before Congress will "hang out to dry" every Democratic incumbent running for reelection this fall, Howard Dean said Thursday.

The President’s Imaginary Health Plan

National Review ^ | 3/4/10 | editors

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:32:15 PM by Nachum

The president launched a last-ditch effort to pass a government takeover of American health care yesterday. To hear him tell it, his plan would let every American keep the health insurance he has today if he wants to. And it would reduce premiums, cut taxes for the middle class, slow the pace of rising costs, reduce the federal budget deficit, and keep bureaucrats out of health-care decisions too.

Tom Brokaw Sniffs: Public is 'Very Confused' About Obamacare

Newsbusters ^ | 3/4/10 | Geoffrey Dickens (

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:42:35 PM by Nachum

NBC's Tom Brokaw, in searching for a reason as to why Obamacare faced so much opposition, on Thursday's Today show, determined it was because the people can't quite grasp it, as he sniffed: "The public is very confused." The former NBC Nightly News anchor, on to promote his CNBC documentary about the Baby Boom generation, also told Today co-anchor Matt Lauer that the GOP was fighting the current version of the health care bill for merely "political" and not principled reasons and depicted the uninsured as victims to the now powerful tea party.[audio available here]

Pelosi: If Senate Can’t Get 60 Votes, We’ll Go to ‘Simple Majority’ to Pass Health Care Bill (March)

CNSNews ^ | March 03, 2010 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:21:18 PM by Sun

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters that the Democrats will use “reconciliation” in the Senate if they cannot find the 60 votes to prevent a Republican filibuster to pass health care legislation. Under reconciliation, the Democrats would need only 51 votes in the Senate to pass the bill.

Health Reform 3.0: Lipstick On A Pig

Investors.com ^ | March 4, 2010 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:23:28 PM by Kaslin

Health Reform: The white coats showed up again at the White House, helping the administration ram health care reform down our throats. Can you have a bipartisan bill without a bipartisan vote?

Obama comforts House liberal: this bill is just the beginning of what we’ll do with health care

Hot Air ^ | March 4, 2010 | Allahpundit

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:13:54 PM by Free ThinkerNY

Don’t look surprised. The left has been remarkably candid about this over the past year or two. Again and again and again and again and again and again and again they’ve warned people that the dream is bigger than universal coverage or even the public option.

Memo from The One to progressives: Keep the dream alive.

RUSH IN A HURRY -- Tell Your House Members: No to Obamacare

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 03-04-10 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 8:35:12 PM by GOP_Lady

Pelosi Signals Openness To Senate Language On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform Bill

Medical News Today ^ | 3/04/10

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:41:34 PM by Libloather

Pelosi Signals Openness To Senate Language On Abortion Coverage In Health Reform Bill

The Doctor Shortage

Investors.com ^ | March 4, 2010 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:50:35 PM by Kaslin

Health Reform: Democrats promise their plan will improve care at lower cost while thinning the ranks of the uninsured. How will they do this with fewer doctors?

Screw the public. What do they know anyway?

The Orange County Register ^ | March 4, 2010 | Alan Bock, Register editorial writer

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:54:35 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

The headline on the e-mail I get daily from TNR put it more succinctly and reflects the elitist mindset of those who call themselves liberals or progressives these days: “Americans Aren’t Enthused About Obama’s Agenda. Screw ‘em.” They toned it down in the headline they actually put on the article, but not much. It’s an acknowledgment that a solid majority of Americans oppose ObamaCare, whether the House version, the Senate version, or the 11-page outline the White House put forward. But what do the poor rubes know? We wise elite rulers know what’s good for them much better than they do. So we’re going to give it to them good and hard.

Dems at risk of decades in desert

New York Post ^ | March 4, 2010 | MARK CUNNINGHAM

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:11:41 AM by kingattax

'Hey, passing health- care reform may cost us the House or even the Senate this fall — but we'll get control back eventually, and the Republicans will never be able to repeal it."

The Count (more bad news for Pelosi: Kratovil a "no", Schrader now undecided)

NRO ^ | 3/4/2010

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:20:12 PM by Uncledave

The same rotten Rx

NY Post ^ | March 4, 2010 | MICHAEL TANNER

Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:28:18 AM by Scanian

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try again.

With Plans A, B and C hav ing failed miserably, President Obama yesterday unveiled his latest "new and improved" version of health-care reform. He says that this incarnation "incorporates the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans -- including some of the ideas that Republicans offered during the health-care summit." Unfortunately, its fundamental premise remains exactly the same -- a government takeover of the health-care system.

Start with those "Republican ideas": Though mostly not bad, they're hardly game changing.

How Democrats could pass health bill with 51 votes

PLEASE CALL! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE State District
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District

The Undemocratic Democrats
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464675/posts
Veterans’ G.I. Bill benefits MIA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2464680/posts
With or Without Reform, Private Healthcare Insurers Are Doomed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464674/posts
Trading A Judicial Appointment For A Healthcare Vote Is A New Low
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464672/posts
The Great Healthcare Robbery
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464669/posts
White House Says No Quid Pro Quo Over Health Care (Obama still buying votes)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464652/posts
The Obama Way: Bluster, Bully, Bribe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464651/posts
Obama Pleads With Dems to Pass His Health Bill (Obama pleads with Rats to take political suicide)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464643/posts

Dem Dozen Threatens to Bail on Health Care Over Abortion Language
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464624/posts
Krauthammer: For Obama, health care show must go on
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464613/posts
Obama urges Dems to seize moment on health care
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464571/posts
Pollster: If ObamaCare Passes GOP Will Win Districts They Haven’t Won Since ‘94 (video)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464566/posts
It begins: House Dems backing away from Obama’s deadline for ObamaCare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464559/posts
Pressure mounts for/against healthcare bill ( Obamacare Bill )
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464541/posts
Waco Democrat Chet Edwards says he’ll vote no on health bill again
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464539/posts

Health Reform 3.0 - Lipstick On A Pig
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464998/posts
Counting the Heads of House Democrats (Jay Cost’s latest house health care handicapping)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464991/posts
Mitt Romney on Health Care Overhaul (Your World with Neil Cavuto)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2464967/posts

Add these two to the list that needs calling.
Bart Gordon (202) 225-4231 TN
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI

Sat morning round up:

Obama Turns Up the Heat for Health Overhaul
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465439/posts
Partisanship comes in waves, usually at turning points in nation’s history
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465431/posts
The Health Care Bill That Just Won’t Die
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465425/posts
Mr. Obama, tear up your plan!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465420/posts
Who is the lone Democrat some think could kill health care reform? (Smear Machine On Stupak)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465394/posts
Obama Wants “Straight Answer” From Health Insurers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465393/posts
Yes, the Senate health care reform bill will subsidize abortions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2465392/posts
The Health Care Bill’s Prospects
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465385/posts
Former DNC Chair Dean Not Sure Reconciliation Can Get Through the Senate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465372/posts
Neglected by ‘lazy’ nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465370/posts
Obamacare Declares War On Growth Capital
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465366/posts
Message From A Senate Source To Democrats In The House: “We Will Kill Your ‘Fix’”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465351/posts
Counting the Heads of House Democrats (very detailed analysis)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465344/posts

Second batch:

Democratic divides on health care keep multiplying
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465318/posts
American Cancer Society urges docs about limitations of screening test for prostate cancer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465307/posts
Advice to House: Don’t Take Any Obama Wooden Nickels
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465256/posts
For Dems, it’s do or die: GOP opposition irrelevant Only Dems can prevent health reform from passing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465229/posts
RUSH IN A HURRY — Tell Your House Members: No to Obamacare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465212/posts
Losing In Fall OK With Democrats If It Means They Win Health Care
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465194/posts
ObamaCare Side Effect: Regime Change
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465163/posts
Doctor, patient part ways over health care debate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465162/posts
Bam feeling queasy (Pleads for health Rx - for sake of presidency
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465149/posts

Illinois Dangerous ‘Presumed Consent’ Organ Donor Bill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2465614/posts
Dangerous Negotiations Over Abortion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465607/posts
Military update: Vietnam vets should file claims ASAP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465571/posts
36 States Aim to Preempt Federal Health Care Plan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465564/posts
Mark Begich open to reconciliation for health reform—that makes 50 without any maybes, senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2465560/posts

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” ~~ President Ronald Reagan

‘Trust’ Gap Between House, Senate Dems Hurting Health Care Push
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465968/posts
On Stimulus, Health Care [Q&A with Obama]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465960/posts
There Won’t Be Reconciliation or Easy Path to Repealing Obamacare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465934/posts
Bid for GOP Support Hampered Passage of Health Care Reform, Sebelius Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465932/posts
Obama’s health care pitch to Democrats: Trust me (asks them to make ‘a leap of faith’)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465928/posts
The Democratic Party is Destroying Itself
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2465890/posts

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