We're No. 37 - A Song Worth A Million Words

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Saturday February 27, 2010 · 2:46 PM PST

2010/02/27 · 14:46

As I listened to the Health Care Summit wrap-ups on Friday, I found myself frustrated by how the process story seemed to trump discussion of policy.

Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. This morning my mom, who is celebrating her birthday today, sent me a You Tube video of a song that is worth a million.

It's called We're Number 37, and in 3 brief minutes, it strips bare the basic lie underlying many of the arguments against health care reform: that America has the best health care in the world.

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Do you have health insurance?

46 votes Vote Now!

Do you have health insurance?

Yes, I'm a member of Congress.

0 votes

Yes, I have a group policy which my employer provides.

24 votes

Yes, I have a personal policy, and the cost is killing me.

7 votes

I have COBRA.

1 vote

I'm uninsured.

14 votes

Edwards rated high by WMUR instant response

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Saturday January 05, 2008 · 9:12 PM PST

2008/01/05 · 21:12

WMUR's coverage of the NH debate also featured an instant response feature that monitored 30 undecided NH Democrats and Independents during tonight's debate to see how they responded to the points each candidate made. According to WMUR, the highest response of the entire debate was elicited by this segment of the debate where Edwards discussed the Economy:

Our focus group gave some o fht emost favorable ratings of the debate to John Edwards when he argued that the economy is out of balance and hits middle class Americans.

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Who do you think won tonight's debate:

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Who do you think won tonight's debate:

John Edwards

541 votes

Barack Obama

113 votes

Hillary Clinton

35 votes

Bill Richardson

7 votes

Krugman and the anti-change candidate

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Sunday December 16, 2007 · 10:49 PM PST

2007/12/16 · 22:49

Health care reform is a big issue for me, so when Paul Krugman criticized Sen. Obama several weeks ago on his health care reform proposals, I took note and even diaried about it. Most know what ensued. Krugman criticized Obama's plan for its lack of mandates. Then Sen. Obama's people responded with an attack on Krugman that many saw as an attack on Krugman's credibility. Then Krugman responded to the attack on his blog. The entire back-and-forth was also debated hotly in the blogosphere with many Obama supporters criticizing Krugman and many bloggers criticizing Obama for attacking an important progressive voice.

Then campaign news turned in other directions, the horse race and Sen. Obama's rising poll numbers took center stage, and that seemed to be that.

But in tomorrow morning's New York Times, Paul Krugman throws down another and perhaps more inflammatory gauntlet. In contrasting Sen. Obama's approach toward negotiating health care reform with Sen. Edwards, Krugman says:

Which brings me to a big worry about Mr. Obama: in an important sense, he has in effect become the anti-change candidate.

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Which candidate/approach do you think has the best shot at reforming health care the most?

139 votes Vote Now!

Which candidate/approach do you think has the best shot at reforming health care the most?

Hillary Clinton, because she would be the best at working the system as it currently exists

18 votes

Barack Obama, because he would change the system by getting both sides to negotiate with each other

39 votes

John Edwards, because he would fight the current system without compromise

82 votes

Krugman scolds Obama on Health Care

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Thursday November 29, 2007 · 9:42 PM PST

2007/11/29 · 21:42

Obama has recently been responding to criticisms of his health care plan's lack of a mandate by turning around and criticizing Edwards and Clinton for having a mandate. Paul Krugman has just come out and boxed Obama's ears for using right wing talking points as a political club against his opponents, suggesting that Obama's rhetoric is undermining the argument for change.

Krugman starts out by suggesting that Obama is trying to pretend a campaign weakness is a strength:

From the beginning, advocates of universal health care were troubled by the incompleteness of Barack Obama’s plan, which unlike those of his Democratic rivals wouldn’t cover everyone. But they were willing to cut Mr. Obama slack on the issue, assuming that in the end he would do the right thing.

Now, however, Mr. Obama is claiming that his plan’s weakness is actually a strength.

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Thursday October 25, 2007 · 10:39 AM PDT

2007/10/25 · 10:39

The Des Moines Register is reporting that Iowa Dems are planning to vote on Sunday on whether to set Jan 3, 2008 as their caucus date. This would allow New Hampshire's secretary of state, Bill Gardner, to set the New Hampshire primary for January 8th.

Iowa Democratic Party officials are expected to vote Sunday on whether to set Jan. 3 as the date for the party's 2008 presidential caucuses, the state party said today.

The date would move the caucuses from the tentatively scheduled Jan. 14 to the same day as the date chosen last week by Iowa Republicans.

A caucus date has been in doubt for months, as states hoping to share some of the spotlight afforded the traditional leadoff states have moved their contests into January.

The Iowa Democrats' central committee, the state party's governing body, will receive notification this afternoon of the Sunday call, scheduled for 8 p.m.

"On that call, it will be recommended that we go Jan. 3," Iowa Democratic Party spokeswoman Carrie Giddins said.

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 7:57 AM PDT

2007/10/15 · 07:57

I am an American, and I don't want more neocon wars started in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want people tortured in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want mercenaries murdering in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want the Constitution gutted in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want children denied healthcare in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want the rule of law subverted in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want our soldiers exploited in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want fellow citizens spied on in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want government of, by, and for corporations in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want habeas corpus abandoned in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want the American Dream eviscerated in my name.
I am an American, and I don't want the Earth destroyed in my name.

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 3:08 AM PDT

2007/05/24 · 03:08

I was feeling down about the Iraq supplemental and repining that so many of our Congresscritters don't seem to possess a spine. Then I read an AP story about Monica Goodling testifying before the House that bathed me in a glow of good feeling as AP reporter, Laurie Kellman, drew word pictures for me of the proceedings that convinced me my Democratic representatives are not only vertebrates, but actually predatory jungle cats ready to spring upon the unwary to wreak their awful vengeance...

"Was the attorney general trying to shake your recollection?" asked Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala.

Goodling paused.

"I just did not know if it was a conversation we should be having and so I just didn't say anything," she replied. She added that she thought Gonzales was trying to be kind.

Democrats pounced.

"It certainly has the flavor of trying to get their stories straight," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the committee.

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 4:21 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 16:21

I was watching CNN today, and Wolf Blitzer played a clip of Bush giving a speech yesterday calling the Democrats the party of "Cut and Run". Max Cleland was on to represent Dems. After the clip, Wolf asked Cleland what he thought of the President's comments. I waited for a real smackdown, but all I got was Cleland talking about Bush's bad record on veteran's benefits and "cut and run" being a bumper sticker approach to policy.

I did not find this a satisfactory response, so for the sake of my blood pressure, I have crafted the following memo for all Dems asked to comment on this topic. All Dems asked to appear on CNN, Fox, etc -- please commit to memory... Read More

You've Created a Tipping Point

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Wednesday September 27, 2006 · 1:37 PM PDT

2006/09/27 · 13:37

Picking up the Los Angeles Times this morning, a story caught my eye: Security Shaping Campaign. It wasn't the headline that drew my attention; after all, we've known for months that Karl Rove intended to replay the strategy from 2002 and 2004 and use the war on terror as a club to beat Democrats into the ground with. No, what I liked was the subheading:

"The debate over whether Bush's policies have made the country safer is fast becoming the pivotal issue in the November elections."

Many here, including myself, have argued that Bush and the Republicans need to be attacked directly on national security and the war on terror, because they haven't made us safer. The MSM has ignored this vital point and continues to spew the outdated CW that security is the Republican's get-out-of-jail-free card. This article, however, is one of several signs that a tipping point has been reached. A window is opening where Democrats,if they are willing to act, can grab Karl's favorite weapon out of his hands and use it to hit some homers out of the park. Read More

Charlie Brown, meet Osama Bin Laden

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Thursday September 21, 2006 · 6:38 PM PDT

2006/09/21 · 18:38

My three-year-old son loves seeing the old Peanuts specials which we sometimes rent at our local video store. My husband often watches them with him as does my daughter, but I rarely can bring myself to. Not because I don't like the Peanuts characters, or because after eleven years of motherhood I've become allergic to kiddie fare, but because I cannot stand seeing the inevitable scenes where Lucy pulls the football away at the last minute from a hapless Charlie Brown. I wince when poor Charlie Brown gets fooled again and again and never manages to figure out that Lucy is going to screw him as she always does.

Well, this afternoon, reading the description of the compromise the Republicans have come up with on Bush's torture bill, I have that same sick feeling in my gut. Read More

Miss Manners and the ABC/Disney Boycott

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Wednesday September 13, 2006 · 12:25 PM PDT

2006/09/13 · 12:25

I've been thinking about my simmering frustration and lingering anger over "The Path to 9/11." I'm planning to boycott, but I want to maximize the impact I as an individual can have. Let's face it, one family not purchasing from Disney is a small drop in the bucket, and it's hard to make my family's protest register in Disney's account books. Especially since our lack of purchasing is sort of a negative act.

So I've been groping for something affirmative, something that not only supports the boycott but reminds Robert Iger of just what an idiot decision he made allowing this travesty to air. Now, courtesy of Miss Manners, I think I've hit on the way to do just that. Read More

Clinton's Lawyers Tell ABC to Pull the Plug

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Saturday September 09, 2006 · 11:26 AM PDT

2006/09/09 · 11:26

Clinton is continuing to throw down the gauntlet to ABC and Bob Iger. TPM is reporting that Clinton's lawyers have now called on ABC to pull the plug on "Path to 9/11":

As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. "The Path to 9/11" not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film.

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