Senate Dems to Obama: Um, a Little Help Here?

New Republic by Jonathan Cohn | Oct. 26, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Blog Post) After a weekend of furious activity, Democratic leaders in the Senate think they are close to getting the votes they need in order to pass an "opt-out" version of the public option.

But they feel like President Obama could be doing more to help them, with one senior staffer telling TNR on Sunday that the leadership would like, but has yet to receive, a clear "signal" of support for their effort. Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 26, 2009

On the contrary, it seems pretty clear (at least to me) that Obama really would prefer a strong public option—but that he, like his advisers, has serious concerns over whether such an option can pass. In other words, he wants a good public plan but he wants a bill even more—and he’s not sure that the former is compatible with the latter. So he’s being careful—more careful, in fact, than some of his Senate allies would like.

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