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Odds of Health Care Bill Passing About 50-50

nate silver

Mar 5, 2010 7:03 AM CST

Odds of Health Care Bill Passing About 50-50

Nate Silver isn't quite ready to place his bet with InTrade

(Newser) - Nate Silver notes that the folks at InTrade now say the smart money is on President Obama getting his health care bill through Congress. They put the chances at 52%, a significant jump in just the last few days. Silver agrees the odds have improved from a "post- Masspocalypse"...

'Hateboards' Signal GOP
Fear-Monger Strategy

Mar 5, 2010 6:05 AM CST

'Hateboards' Signal GOP Fear-Monger Strategy

Republican strategy being 'field tested' on highways

(Newser) - For a likely preview of the GOP's upcoming fear-fueled political campaigns, look no further than the ominous billboards sprouting along the nation's highways, like the one portraying President Obama as "Saddam Hussein" out to kill American babies. The GOP strategy to exploit "visceral fear" to raise campaign funds...

Happy Birthday,
Health Care Disaster

PEGGY NOONAN

Mar 5, 2010 5:44 AM CST

Happy Birthday, Health Care Disaster

Obama spent his first year being bold on the wrong issue

(Newser) - It's now a year since President Obama launched the push for health care reform that consumed the vital first year of his presidency, writes Peggy Noonan. "New presidents should never, ever, court any problem that isn't already banging at the door," but Obama chose to boldly address the...

Post's Broder Criticizes His Paper's Obama 'Fiction'

opinion

Mar 4, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Post's Broder Criticizes His Paper's Obama 'Fiction'

He takes issue with 'friend' Dana Milbank's columns

(Newser) - David Broder uses his column in the Washington Post today to slam his own paper's role in the "remarkable fiction" now in vogue about the White House: Essentially, Rahm Emanuel is an all-knowing political god, and a wimpy President Obama should have listened to him more. Two columns by...

Don't Lie, GOP:
Dems Aren't
Ramming
Through
Health Bill

EJ DIONNE JR

Mar 4, 2010 1:20 AM CST

Don't Lie, GOP: Dems Aren't Ramming Through Health Bill

'It's good to see Obama displaying LBJ's wiles'

(Newser) - The Republicans' claim that the Democrats are using reconciliation to ram through a health care bill is a flat-out lie at worst and stunning hypocrisy at best, writes E.J. Dionne Jr. The health-care bill has already passed the Senate with 60 votes, and the only thing that would pass...

Obama Will
OK Use of Reconciliation on Health Bill

Mar 2, 2010 7:32 PM CST

Obama Will OK Use of Reconciliation on Health Bill

Wants GOP help but will do what's needed

(Newser) - President Obama will tell Democrats tomorrow to use reconciliation to get health-care reform passed if Senate Republicans won’t cooperate, White House sources tell ABC News tonight. That option would allow a previously passed bill to be “fixed” with 51 votes (which the Democrats have) and not a filibuster-proof...

Obama Embraces Four GOP Health Care Proposals

Mar 2, 2010 5:18 PM CST

Obama Embraces Four GOP Health Care Proposals

White House says reform effort is entering its 'final act'

(Newser) - President Obama expressed his support for four Republican proposals on health care reform today, but the items don't address core GOP complaints and are unlikely to be game-changers. In a letter to congressional leaders, the president said he supported investments in malpractice tort reform, increasing Medicaid reimbursements for physicians, efforts...

DC Consensus:
Obama Should've
Listened to Rahm

Mar 2, 2010 9:22 AM CST

DC Consensus: Obama Should've Listened to Rahm

As big ticket failures abound, Emanuel's practicality could have helped

(Newser) - From health care reform to unemployment to Guantanamo Bay, many Washington insiders think President Obama would be much better off today had he listened to his brash-but-practical chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Top staffers like David Axelrod have a “strong view of the historic character Obama is supposed to...

Actually, Obama
Didn't Call Tiger

CORRECTIONS DEPT.

Mar 1, 2010 7:16 PM CST

Actually, Obama Didn't Call Tiger

Golf Digest claims mixup between writer, source

(Newser) - Turns out President Obama did not call Tiger Woods to offer the golfer moral support amid the media firestorm that followed news of his infidelity. Golf Digest today retracted that claim in a statement, saying, “Our mistake was due to a misunderstanding between the writer and a trusted source....

Warren Buffett to Obama: Rewrite Health Care Bill

Interview

Mar 1, 2010 1:21 PM CST

Warren Buffett to Obama: Rewrite Health Care Bill

Current Senate bill better than nothing, but oracle prefers 'Plan C'

(Newser) - Warren Buffett came out against the health care bill today, essentially echoing the Republican position that the administration should scrap the current bill and start over. Buffett, a longtime Obama supporter, told CNBC the current health care system is “like a tapeworm eating at our economic body,” with...

White House
Overhauls
Nuclear
Strategy

Mar 1, 2010 9:34 AM CST

White House Overhauls Nuclear Strategy

New focus on arms control, nonproliferation

(Newser) - As the White House hammers out details of Obama's nuclear strategy, it's clear the president is making an about-face on many Bush policies, but not it's clear whether his approach will be dovish enough to please his base. The new strategy will commit the US to not developing any new...

Canadian Hockey Win
Costs Obama a Case of Beer

Mar 1, 2010 5:28 AM CST

Canadian Hockey Win Costs Obama a Case of Beer

President loses beer bet with Canadian PM Stephen Harper

(Newser) - Bragging rights weren't the only thing the US lost in yesterday's gold-medal hockey game: President Obama owes Canadian PM Stephen Harper a case of Molson. Had the US emerged on top, Obama would have scored Yuengling, which, like Molson, is this country's oldest beer, reports the Globe and Mail .

Obama Can't Kick the Habit

an occasional puffer

Mar 1, 2010 4:28 AM CST

Obama Can't Kick the Habit

Year and many headaches later, prez is still puffing

(Newser) - Waaait a minute. Didn't the president say he was going to kick? Obama is in excellent shape, according to his annual physical. But despite his healthy diet and regular workouts, he can't seem to ditch the occasional coffin nail. The First Doctor's report says that he's using "nicotine replacement...

Medical Exam: Obama Is
'Fit for Duty'

UPDATED

Feb 28, 2010 11:50 AM CST

Medical Exam: Obama Is 'Fit for Duty'

But he should continue smoking cessation, lower cholesterol

(Newser) - President Obama is in "excellent health" and "fit for duty," the White House physician said today after the 48-year-old commander in chief's first checkup since he took office. According to a White House release, Navy Capt. Jeffrey Kuhlman recommended that Obama "continue smoking cessation efforts" and...

Obama Gets 1st Physical Exam as President

Feb 28, 2010 9:06 AM CST

Obama Gets 1st Physical Exam as President

Told to come back when he's 50; results expected later today

(Newser) - Barack Obama has finished his first medical checkup as president and knows when he's supposed to go see the doctor again—when he's 50. The 48-year-old Obama had a physical examination today at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. His last one was in January 2007, when he...

Don't Gloat
Too Long,
Conservatives

william kristol

Feb 27, 2010 12:34 PM CST

Don't Gloat Too Long, Conservatives

Nice work, but Democrats themselves and tea partiers deserve credit

(Newser) - William Kristol thinks Republicans and conservatives are entitled to celebrate over the current state of President Obama's agenda, "but only a little." After all, the bulk of the credit goes to Obama himself (his "big-government liberalism" united foes), Nancy Pelosi (for being "ideologically blinkered"), Harry...

Stop Being
So Wimpy,
Mr. President

OPINION

Feb 27, 2010 9:48 AM CST

Stop Being So Wimpy, Mr. President

He plays the '98-pound weakling' too often, says Dana Milbank

(Newser) - President Obama may be the world's most powerful man, but he "too often plays the 98-pound weakling," writes Dana Milbank. George Bush pushed through his agenda not with tact but through sheer political initimidation, and even Britain's Gordon Brown has been accused of throwing a Blackberry or two....

Mag Names Most Liberal, Conservative Lawmakers

Feb 26, 2010 5:10 PM CST

Mag Names Most Liberal, Conservative Lawmakers

Rankings show ideology trumping Obama's change agenda

(Newser) - National Journal 's rankings of the most liberal and conservative lawmakers confirm that President Obama's first term has had little effect on the partisan atmosphere in Congress. Most members stick to the ideological positions they've staked out for most of their careers, with Sherrod Brown, John Kerry, and Chris...

Enquirer:
Tiger Hooked
on Drugs, Too

also, gatorade cuts ties

Feb 26, 2010 4:36 PM CST

Enquirer: Tiger Hooked on Drugs, Too

Woods returned to rehab for substance abuse, not sex addiction: tab

(Newser) - Tiger Woods isn't just a great golfer and a sex addict—he's a drug addict, too, according to the National Enquirer . Woods "blamed a lot of his cheating behavior on his drug addiction, saying that the drugs were responsible for impairing his judgment," but wife Elin Nordegren isn't...

Bush Enjoys Cheney's Attacks

Feb 26, 2010 1:04 PM CST