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  • Vulnerable Democrats are tiptoeing on health care [We got 'em on the run]

    04/08/2010 7:02:14 AM PDT · by upchuck · 37 replies · 1,376+ views
    AP ^ | Apr 8, 2010 | KRISTEN WYATT
    FORT COLLINS, Colo. — First-term Rep. Betsy Markey is convinced that once people learn what's in President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law, they'll support it. But it's not a message she was eager to carry in person to her constituents in Republican-leaning eastern Colorado. During Congress' two-week Easter break, she reserved any discussion of health care reform for conference calls, an op-ed piece and an appearance at a small-town Rotary Club — all small-bore outreach. After the raucous, angry town halls of last summer, Markey steered clear of massive gatherings. She was not alone. Tough votes for Obama's...