Obama Throws Down the Gauntlet

The Moderate Voice by Robert Stein | Sep. 10, 2009 (Opinion)

If passion, eloquence and moral gravity were the main currency of American politics, Barack Obama would have changed the course of the health care debate tonight.

But with Washington as it is, the President could hope for no more than to restore some sanity by calling out the opposition for its “scare tactics,” indicting insurance companies for greed and evoking the “large-heartedness” of Ted Kennedy’s efforts for universal coverage as ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Media, Health
Topics: U.S. Congress, Media and Politics, Obama Administration, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Sep 9, 2009 - 11:00 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Kaizar Campwala (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Sep 9, 2009 - 11:00 PM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Sep. 10, 2009

I didn't get much value from this post, which speaks in generalities and fails to address specific challenges the reform debate faces in Congress.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 10, 2009

Short opinion piece about Obama's speech on health care from the former Chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors. The author makes reasonable observations, but doesn't add much to the debate, devoting much of this article to quotes from the speech.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 9, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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