So much for true health care reform.
The Democrats in the U.S. Senate are congratulating one another for a job well done because they managed to pass something they can call health care reform. And, in many ways, it is certainly that.
But it is a far cry from what the President said he wanted when he [...]

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Once again, the party in power has shown how powerless it really is in the face of opposition from Republicans and some conservative and even so-called moderate Democrats.
After having dropped the public option in its health-care overhaul package, Senate Democrats have now caved in and have agreed to drop an alternative plan that would have [...]

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It may as well be official–just about no homeowner is making it through the mortgage loan modification program.
The Treasury Department, as reported by USA Today, reports that only about 4% (yes, that’s FOUR percent!) ” of homeowners whose home loans were reworked through a government-led program have successfully completed a trial period required to get [...]

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This may be one of the fastest “just kiddings” in recent Washington history.  Just about a week after President Obama went on national television to tell the nation that he was sending more troops to Afghanistan, but would begin withdrawing them in 18 months, he and members of his administration are already backing away from [...]

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I guess one man’s thirty thousand is another man’s thirty five thousand, or maybe more?
Just the other day, President Obama announced his determination to dispatch another 30 thousand U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bringing our total troop deployment to over 100 thousand. He says he will start to pull them out in 18 months, though he [...]

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The Secret Service’s secret is out of the bag: The agency couldn’t protect a paper bag, let alone the President of the United States.
The Secret Service, of course, didn’t stop the Kennedy assassination, or the attempts on the lives of Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan…and, now, it appears that had the intent of the dinner [...]

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