Category Archives: Opinion

Krugman: Mr. Obama Has Wasted Months Trying To Appease People Who Can’t Be Appeased

Paul Krugman, in a NYT article, “Obama’s Trust Problem,” says the furious reaction of progressives to Obama’s compromise on a public option in health care reform might mean that Obama is in real trouble with his own base. Krugman says … Continue reading

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“President Obama Has Blown Health Care Reform Big Time … The Opportunity Has Been Squandered”

Depressing to read this assessment at Huffington Post written by Michael Bremer: “Obama has blown health care reform, big time. The opportunity of a lifetime has been squandered. …Serious health care reform is gone with the wind. It cannot be … Continue reading

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Joan Walsh: Grassley’s Euthanasia Trash Talk Proves President Obama Should Pull Plug On Bipartisan Effort

Interesting article in Salon by Joan Walsh, “Throw Grassley From The Train,” says that recent comments by Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley proves that a bipartisan approach to health care reform is impossible. Walsh says that Grassley’s trash talk about … Continue reading

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