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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. - TruthDig.com
At the beginning of 2009, the choice before Democrats who controlled the 111th Congress was whether they would enact historic legislation, even at the risk of their majority, or whether they would play it safe.
They gave the safe option a pass, with two results: This will go down as the most productive Congress since the 89th, which was even more Democratic because of Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide. And 52 Democratic House incumbents, most elected in 2006 or 2008, lost their seats. Read more »
By Bill Press
Tribune Media Services
It didn’t take long.
Six weeks ago, after Democrats took what President Obama called a real “shellacking” in the midterm elections, pundits fell all over themselves writing Obama’s political obituary. Whether liberal or conservative, they all agreed on one thing: He’s dead. He’s toast. His presidency is over. The only thing the professional chattering class disagreed on was whether Obama would face a primary challenge from a liberal Democrat in 2012 — and who his Republican challenger (and successor in the White House) might be.Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
There’s a famous Norman Rockwell painting titled “Freedom of Speech,” depicting an idealized American town meeting. The painting, part of a series illustrating F.D.R.’s “Four Freedoms,” shows an ordinary citizen expressing an unpopular opinion. His neighbors obviously don’t like what he’s saying, but they’re letting him speak his mind.Read more »
Tonight, ABC News will host "Prescription for America," a discussion with President Obama about his plans to reform the health care system. Critics have charged that Obama's proposal to enact a new public health insurance plan to compete directly with private insurers would lead to a "government takeover" of the health care system.Read more »
Tonight, ABC News will host "Prescription for America," a discussion with President Obama about his plans to reform the health care system. Critics have charged that Obama's proposal to enact a new public health insurance plan to compete directly with private insurers would lead to a "government takeover" of the health care system.Read more »
While the Baker-Hamilton report from the Iraq Study Group dominates the news in recent weeks with its rebuke of the colossal mess the United States has made in Iraq, there is another report released at the end of October -- even more vital in its import -- that has gone virtually unnoticed
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