Don’t Let Abortion Stop Health Care Reform
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 13th, 2009 5:30 am by HL
Don’t Let Abortion Stop Health Care Reform
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON — For some years, Democrats have denounced parodies casting their party as utterly closed to the views of those who oppose abortion. Last weekend, Democrats proved conclusively that they are, indeed, a big tent — and many in the ranks are furious.From the outraged comments of the abortion rights movement, you'd think that Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment to the House version of the health care bill would all but overturn Roe v. Wade. Receive news alertsNo, it wouldn't. The Michigan Democrat's measure — passed 240-194, with 64 Democrats voting “yes” –…
Obama & Afghanistan: A Credibility Gap?
David Corn, Mother Jones
President Barack Obama is still working on his big decision: what to do about the Afghanistan war? On Wednesday, he held another Situation Room strategy session with his national security team. The day before, press secretary Robert Gibbs, said that Obama was pondering four options, without describing these alternatives. Media reports had suggested that each one involved deploying more troops. But hours following this latest AfPak gathering, AP reported that Obama had rejected all four options, and the news leaked that the US ambassador in Kabul, Karl Eikenberry, had sent two classified…
America’s Singular Superpower Status Under Threat
John Plender, FT
As U.S. president Barack Obama begins a tour of Asian capitals, the standard assumption in the west is that his meetings will be with leaders of nations that rank as America's junior partners. Yet the reality is more complex. Amid the rubble of the financial crisis, the US position as singular superpower and global economic top dog looks increasingly under threat.
Obama Losing Ohio?
Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
In the second blockbuster Quinnipiac poll out today, Governor Ted Strickland's hopes for re-election look dim indeed "” but that's not the main takeaway from the survey. Democrats successfully turned Ohio from red to blue in 2006 and 2008, but the love affair with Barack Obama and the Democrats has come to an end. Obama's job-approval ratings on issues has dropped precipitately, and as his fortunes fall, so do those of his party (via Jim Geraghty):
How the U.S. Funds the Taliban
Aram Roston, The Nation
