Obama Doubles Down

Wall Street Journal | Sep. 10, 2009 (Editorial)

Democrats have wanted President Obama to drop some of his cool and fight for their health-care agenda, and last night they weren’t disappointed. The President gave away very little on the substance of what Congressional leaders are proposing, even as he offered a rhetorical bow or two to the idea of compromise. The main message of his speech to Congress is that he is doubling down on his health-care bets and counting on the sheer inertia of Democratic ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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 by Patricia L'Herrou - Sep. 10, 2009

a completely negative perspective on many aspects of pres. obama's speech on a health care bill., turning what was actually said upside down. also, its' interesting to read that "the"doctors' lobby, the hospitals, big pharma, even the largest insurers have all invested enormously in government health care"., but he doesn't explain why republicans apparently do not support any of them in this, as, according to the writer, the president does.

the last sentence sums up the writer's apparent goal here: "the only way to stop it now is with a giant wave of popular opposition."

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