Moving Forward With or Without GOP
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 20th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Moving Forward With or Without GOP
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
WHITE HOUSE TO PRESENT ITS OWN REFORM BILL…. On Tuesday, White House officials offered their first hint that President Obama may present his own health care reform bill in advance of the Feb. 25 bipartisan summit. Now, the president and his team are poised to do just that.President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats ahead of a summit meeting with Republicans next week, senior administration officials and Congressional aides said Thursday.Democratic officials said the president's proposal was…
Obama’s Deficit Dog-and-Pony Show
Dysfunction Continues to Reign in DC
Charlie Cook, National Journal
In a perfect world, Democrats are supposed to relentlessly push for higher taxes as Republicans zealously advocate for cutting government spending. The theory is that if both sides are equally passionate in pursuing their goals, there will be sufficient revenue to pay for government and enough vigilance to keep spending from spinning out of control.But what if Democrats decided they were tired of being the piñata for Republican attack ads on raising taxes? And what if Republicans grew weary of being vilified for cutting spending, because every government program is near…
What’s Gone Wrong? Blame Obama More Than System
The Economist
This week Evan Bayh, a senator from Indiana who nearly became Barack Obama’s vice-president, said he was retiring from the Senate, blaming the inability of Congress to get things done. Cynics think Mr Bayh was also worried about being beaten in November (though he was ahead in the polls). Yet the idea that America’s democracy is broken, unable to fix the country’s problems and condemned to impotent partisan warfare, has gained a lot of support lately (see article).Certainly the system looks dysfunctional. Although a Democratic president is in the White…
