Monthly Archive: July 2009
Once you Accept that President Obama has Always Supported a Single Payer System…
Then all of the political consequences that both he and Speaker Pelosi are now experiencing make sense. It explains the most inexplicable thing to me: why did the President over-rule his Chief of Staff...
Obamacare in a Tail Spin — House and Senate Analysis
The Obamacare plane is losing altitude, has two engines on fire, and is starting a potentially fatal roll to the left. Karl Rove, writing in the WSJ: Polls are turning against President Barack Obama’s...
DEM on DEM Political Violence Escalates — DNC Launchs TV Ads Against its Own
WE INTERRUPT THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED WAR BETWEEN THE REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMOCRATS TO BRING YOU MORE DEMOCRAT ON DEMOCRAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE. RECENT TRENDS POINT TO INCREASED INCIDENTS AND INTENSITY OF SUCH VIOLENCE. GENERALS DEAN...
Dem Lead over GOP on Health Care Shrinks to 4 Points
Traditionally, Democrats are more trusted by the public on health care by about 15 points. The only time these numbers changed, was right before and right after the failure of the Clinton health plan....
Blue Dog Ross (D-AR): We have the Votes, It Can’t Leave the Committee
As Members of the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Energy and Commerce milled around the Committee door yesterday afternoon, Members were smelling jet fumes (do I have to show up tomorrow, or can...
Washington Post reports CBO Director Delivered Devastating Blows to Obama’s Reform
The Washington Post is not known for its impartial treatment of anything associated with President Obama. This lead from their news story on the CBO Director’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on the...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chart Regulations from Health Reform
It is a fascinating interactive nightmare.
CBO: President Obama’s Health Plan will Increase Spending
Finally, some credible authority to announce that the King has no clothes. I know that President Obama has said that spending $1 Trillion on a new health care program for the uninsured will save...
AMA Supports Dem Health Bill, get a New Doc Payment Formula
In a not to subtle quid pro quo, the Wall Street Journal reports: “In a letter delivered to House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat, the doctors’ group expressed ‘appreciation...
President Obama’s Grassroots Group Targets Democrats with TV Ads!
There is a whiff of desperation in the air. Consider this lead from RollCall: President Barack Obama is targeting Senators in his own political party with television ads, urging these skeptical Democrats to embrace...
House Dems to Tax the Uninsured in Health bill, but not give them Insurance
Just how exactly do the Democrats think they can get away with this sort of politically devastating talking points: the House health reform bill will impose an income tax on anyone who does not...
House Bill to make Individual Health Insurance Illegal
Talk about over-reaching: Chairman Waxman’s bill will make private health insurance illegal for individuals. I know, it can not be! But it is, here is the editorial from the Investors Business Daily: When we...
Blue Dog Dem says He has Votes to Block Health Bill in Waxman’s Committee
Blue Dog leader, U.S. Representative Mike Ross (D-AR) confirmed today that he has the votes to block President Obama’s Health Reform bill in the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Also, Majority Leader...
Obama’s Health Care Surtax to Push U.S. Tax Rates Higher than France, Italy
President Obama’s health reform surtax will push U.S. tax rates higher than they are in France and Italy. How does a 51% tax rate sound to you? In the midst of a recession, the...
More Intra-Dem Disputes Roil Health Reform Waters
The powerful Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Henry Waxman said today that the U.S. House nor the White House are bound by the three deals that the...
No Wonder Only One Third of Seniors Support Obama’s Health Reform Plan
Senator Roberts offered an amendment in the U.S. Senate HELP Committee to protect Medicare from cuts to fund the Kennedy-Dodd health care reform bill. Here is the Roll Call vote: Republicans: Enzi- Aye Gregg-...
Testimony: Health Savings Accounts Can Save Money for the Michigan Government
Health Savings Accounts Can Save Michigan Money By Mr. Michael D. LaFaive and Mr. James Porterfield / Posted: June 30, 2009 (The following is an edited transcript of testimony Fiscal Policy Director Michael D....
Clinton Pollster: Polls Show Health Reform Could Fail Again
The New Republic, under the leadership of Jonathan Cohn, has been the number one cheerleader for health care reform writ large. His repeated exhortations for reform has had a similar effect to Paul Krugman...
President Obama’s Oct. 15th Deadline “increasingly difficult”
This lead from Roll Call, pretty much sums up the state of the health care morass: “Senate Democratic leaders’ hopes of approving health care reform before adjourning for the August recess appear all but...
CNN Poll: Only 20% Believe they will be Better Off with Obama’s Health Reforms
To see CNN’s graphic, click here. The CNN poll question: If Obama’s health plan passed, your family would be… 20% Better Off 35% Worse Off 44% About the Same
Clear and Clever Analysis of Health Care Reform Arguments
Simple, clear, plain english is good when it comes to health care. It is hard to do unless you are really good. It is even more difficult to make talking about health care interesting...