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The Voter is Always Right?

This gal has a bit of a selective memory, but the drubbing she gets from Bill Clinton in public was just…well, over the top.
To be clear, there is no question in my mind that Hillary Clinton did work hard to make health care reform work during Clinton’s first term. She was unsuccessful, largely because of [...]

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Gas Tax Holiday: The Crux of the Matter

[photo: Eric Brandt ©2007-some rights reserved]
h/t highacidity

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John McCain’s Challenge

To see if he could get any health insurer to cover him, especially with his pre-existing conditions. If so, how much would it cost?
Chris Weigant:
John McCain should be taken at his word. He just gave a major speech in which he unveiled his “new” idea for how to fix health care in America (which [...]

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The Swiftboat is out of gas

Evan Bayh really has nothing to worry about with regard to his concerns that the GOP will try to swiftboat Barack Obama. We have seen a veritable swiftboating frenzy in the past 72 hours, thanks to our corporate media pundits.
I’m sure Senator Bayh knows this already, but let’s review it again. Swiftboating is done [...]

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Kyla’s Story and why we should care

Momocrats has the text of Kyla’s testimony before the Texas State Legislature, about her daughter’s life-threatening condition, the deficiencies of employer-provided insurance, and the direct impact that the veto last year of the SCHIP bill had on her life. The revised SCHIP increased the income ceiling for coverage. Had it passed, Kyla’s daughter would [...]

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Shell’s profits rise 25% on the wings of global warming

Seriously, no lie. A 25% increase in profits., straight out of corporate PR’s mouth.
But wait! There’s more!
Chief Financial Officer Peter Voser said on a conference call the company wasn’t investing money in projects that would require oil prices to remain this high to be profitable. “We don’t understand the oil price at this stage,” he [...]

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