Archive for July, 2009
In fact, 46 per cent disapprove of Obamacare while ONLY 41 per cent approve of it. 13 per cent are not sure.
Those numbers aren’t too far off from what former President Bill Clinton faced when he made an unsuccessful attempt to overhaul health care in his first term.
In July 1994, 52% disapproved of Clinton’s plan while 40% approved.
And, my bet is that most Americans don’t fully understand Obama’s plan to nationalize or socialize the health care system – while he lies that his plan does no such thing.
While there will be NO Congressional vote on Obamacare before the August recess, the original House Obamacare proposal may be DOA when the U.S. Senate reconvenes in the Fall.
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Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
Well, the Democrats in Congress were all GIDDY when Al Franken became the 60th vote in the United States Senate.
Now, what is the problem?
A House fight among Democrats on overhauling the nation’s healthcare system has spread to the Senate, where centrists and liberals are clashing over the direction the legislation should take.
Trouble is brewing now that a bipartisan group of senators — led by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) — has signaled it will exclude a government-run insurance option from the committee’s draft legislation that could be marked up next week.
Leaving it out would be a major step toward attracting Republican support for President Barack Obama’s signature issue. But it also would alienate liberals, who say the effort is wasted without it and are preparing a barrage of amendments for the Finance markup.
The House legislation has divided Democrats in that chamber along similar lines and is built around a public option to be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy, an idea that has almost no chance of winning GOP votes. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee this month voted along partisan lines to approve legislation with a public option at its core.
Infighting among House Democrats has led to an impasse at the Energy and Commerce Committee that is expected to prevent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) from meeting her deadline of completing work before the August recess.
And on Tuesday it prompted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) to hint that more liberal members of the party should consider challenging centrist Blue Dogs in next year’s primaries.
Well. some Democrats know that they will have to run on Obamacare in 2010 with NO political cover and that will be – RISKY.
Remember self-preservation on being re-elected TRUMPS party loyalty every time.
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Why, of course, Hillary Clinton is ready.
Hillary Clinton says running for office isn’t on her “radar,” but she still has an eight-person political team and sports two overflowing campaign war chests.
Her team transformed the former Democratic White House contender’s massive campaign debts into a $3 million mountain of political cash, according to federal fund-raising records through the end of June.
Clinton’s failed presidential bid is now $1 million in the black, and her old Senate campaign committee has $2.1 million in the bank, much of it transferred in from the presidential account.
The former First Lady paid eight staffers nearly $100,000 in the second quarter of the year to tend to the remains of her political empire.
She officially pulled out of the political arena in January when she became secretary of state. But Clinton’s campaign Web site continues to accept contributions.
So much for Hillary’s Presidential campaign debts. Wonder how much Obama helped with those?
But…..
This is another check on the left-wing radicals behind President Obama. As Obama’s poll numbers fall due to an overreaching lefty agenda, Hillary will be there as a moderating influence – just like hubby, Bill.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
Same as with the national Republican Party versus the Democrats.
I cannot help but think that Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich KNEW that Barack Obama and the left-wing controlled Congressional Democrats would overreach with a socialist agenda. GOP leaders also knew that there were over 50 Congressional Districts where conservatism reigns and the Demcrats essentially misrepresented themselves to be elected – ala Rahm Emanuel’s strategy in 2006.
Since the Democrats do NOT have an unpopular President or corrupt Congressional leaders to bash anymore, voters will focus on their left-wing agenda and policies. This, in turn, will return the GOP to power.
Sort of a capitalism vs. socialism electoral cycle, no?
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Barack Obama may prefer European-style socialized health care. He may consider himself a citizen of the Earth and sometimes address his audiences as “people of the world,†as though he were born not in another country but on another planet. Like Bruce Springsteen, he has a lot of bad political ideas; but he was born in the U.S.A.
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Alaska’s now former Governor is coy about her future political plans, but radio is at least one option she’s leaving on the table. While not exactly shopping the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate, sources say Palin representatives have been quietly testing the waters to see how much interest radio syndicators have for her.
Sources say Palin hasn’t committed to radio either, but rather it could be a possible next step for her. It isn’t unusual for a defeated national candidate to turn to radio. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s short-form commentaries air on more than 400 stations via Citadel Media. He remains among the names circulated for a potential presidential run in 2012.
Coming to radio would be an ironic twist for Palin, whose position on the media is pretty clear. “Quick making things up,†she told reporters in her final speech as Governor last week.
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The American Dental Association (ADA) agrees with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision not to place any restriction on the use of dental amalgam, a commonly used cavity filling material.
The FDA ruling issued today categorizes encapsulated dental amalgam as a class II medical device, placing it in the same class as gold and tooth-colored composite fillings. The ADA has supported a class II designation for dental amalgam since 2002 when first proposed by the FDA.
"The FDA has left the decision about dental treatment right where it needs to be—between the dentist and the patient," states ADA President Dr. John Findley. "This decision underscores what the ADA has long supported—a discussion between dentists and patients about the full range of treatment options to help patients make educated decisions regarding their dental care."
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday silver-colored dental fillings that contain mercury are safe for patients, reversing an earlier caution against their use in certain patients, including pregnant women and children.
"While elemental mercury has been associated with adverse health effects at high exposures, the levels released by dental amalgam fillings are not high enough to cause harm in patients," the FDA said, citing an agency review of roughly 200 scientific studies.
Still, in final regulations issued on Tuesday as part of an earlier legal settlement, it said the fillings were now considered "moderate risk" devices and will include details about the risks and benefits of the products. They will also carry warnings against their use in patients with mercury allergies or in poorly ventilated areas.
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer announced Wednesday that it had elevated sunbeds, used by tens of millions of people for tanning, to its highest cancer risk category.
Classified in 1992 and a "probable" cancer agent, research since then has left no doubt that soaking up UV rays at tanning salons significantly enhances the chances of developing the disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) agency found.
"The use of sunbeds is carcinogenic to humans. It causes melanoma of the skin, and melanoma of the eye," said Vincent Cogliano, an IARC researcher who led the new assessment.
"I cannot see any reason why a healthy person should use them," he told AFP by phone.
The risk of melanoma — the most lethal form of skin cancer — increases by 75 percent when use of tanning devices starts before the age of 30, according to the findings, published in the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology.
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U.S. House Democratic leaders, struggling to reach an accord with party dissidents on health care, said they’re likely to miss President Barack Obama’s August deadline for legislation overhauling the medical system.
“It doesn’t look like it to me,†House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel said in an interview. “I really hoped that we could have gotten a bill out of here by now,†he said, adding that he has a “heavy political heart.â€
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Have you left your air conditioner in the closet this summer, and worn long pants more often than shorts? If so, you may not be surprised to find out that Chicago is seeing its coldest July in more than 65 year
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Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is "unwinnable" and want troops pulled out, a poll suggested on Tuesday, as more soldiers' bodies were flown home.
The dead servicemen were set to be honoured a day after the government announced the end of a deadly offensive in southern Afghanistan and outlined a change of strategy there following a sharp spike in deaths.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband signalled on Monday that Britain would back talking to moderate Taliban representatives in a bid to isolate militant insurgents who have killed 191 British troops since 2001.
A total of 22 have been killed this month alone after British forces went on the offensive in Operation Panther's Claw, just weeks before crucial presidential elections.
Four more fallen soldiers' bodies were flown home to RAF Lyneham near Swindon in Wiltshire, before a solemn procession through the village of Wootton Bassett.
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Let Britain go.
They are becoming an unreliable ally.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday is expected to use his line-item veto power to make additional cuts to the California's latest spending plan – a move advocates fear could hurt the poor.
Social service advocates worry the Republican governor has little choice but to go after money counties receive to administer welfare and social service benefits. Likely targets include welfare-to-work assistance, in-home support, foster care and health insurance for poor families.
With much of state spending tied up by federal and constitutional requirements, the Schwarzenegger administration believes more cuts are necessary to provide a cash cushion for the state in case of emergencies such as earthquakes and wild fires.
"I just want to assure everyone that we will build up our reserve. We will make the necessary cuts," the governor said Friday in announcing he'll sign the budget passed by the Legislature.
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About time……too much welfare and too few taxpayers
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Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
Not a very good poll number for President Obama and his health care reform boondoggle called Obamacare.
At this time, voters are skeptical about the ability of the reform effort to help control the cost of health care. Just 23% believe passage of the reform legislation will lead to lower health care costs. Most voters (53%) say it will lead to higher costs, while 18% expect prices to remain about the same.
If President Obama believes in health care reform he will take the time to campaign for it during the August Congressional recess. I bet he will NOT and a watered down saving face reform proposal will emerge after Labor Day.
The Blue Dog Democrats can read the poll numbers and see political risk in 2010 if they deliver what Obamacare demands.
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New television ad supporting Obamacare from MoveOn.org
Did MoveOn.org forget that the Democrats control the Congress?
If Obamacare is such a great program why NOT ram it through?
Well, we know the answer to that – Obamacare sucks and the Democrats are looking for political cover.
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