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START YOUR TALKING POINTS! “SUMMIT” IS HERE!

I also think there’s another personality difference. Just my opinion, but I always got the impression that Clinton wanted to be one of the titans. And now he is one. I don’t think Obama has that impulse. It makes for a very different style of governance.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 4:21 pm

I think garbage in, garbage out. People get so much garbage thrown at them, and so little high quality information — it’s no wonder they have a shallow understanding of things.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 4:19 pm

Even if it did. They would say that was its way of getting people to pay attention to the issues. After all, that’s what they did w Joe Wilson. 😉

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 4:17 pm

I’m optimistic, too. The president strikes me as someone who puts his ego into what he does, and I don’t think he’s going to suffer a defeat on this. I also think he genuinely hates the plight of people whose lives are ruined by health care issues. He can relate to that because of his mom. He has a lot of personal and political stuff wound up in this. He’s not going to let it go down.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 4:15 pm

Good call on posting the thread, bito. I managed to pop in once in a while after all.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:45 pm

I was watching. That was ridiculous!

I hope these “conferences” get people to watch congress more. It’s good citizenship — but it’s so entertaining, too.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:43 pm

Later Patsy. These live threads are always fun!

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:42 pm

Norman Goldman says the GOP is not the “Party of No.” It’s the “Party of Death.”

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:36 pm

I think her pov is that there’s no doubt a bill will pass. She’s trying to get the best bill possible.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

When I listened, most of the GOP callers were pretty disgusted with the Republicans.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 3:29 pm

Randi Rhodes is saying on her show that this is the time to write, make phone calls, and sign petitions.

She says there are two messages: Public Option and Reconciliation.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 2:51 pm

I heard a six-week deadline.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 2:21 pm

Because with the GOP, it’s “Do as I say, not do as I do.”

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 2:17 pm

Tempers flaring?

Did they even watch?

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 2:16 pm

Agreed. They were all terrific today.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 2:15 pm

He was so down to earth. A nice change of pace.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:58 pm

Nancy hits the prez with the Public Option.

Love her.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

I think you could make an argument that the medical science here is the best in the world.

Access is the problem.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:42 pm

So the GOP position on heath care is:

Let the market solve the problem (even though we have the market system now, and this is what caused the problem)

Start over (so they can stall even longer)

The American People don’t want this bill (“American People” as defined by the Teabaggers)

Tort reform will solve everything (only if “everything” is defined by 2% of the problem)

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:37 pm

Wyden is excellent.

I love the way the Dems keep bringing up different points and different perspectives to support comprehensive reform. They don’t repeat each other.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:33 pm

And they’re very good at memorizing — they’ve got those talking points down pat.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:31 pm

I like the right to a Lawyer/right to a Doctor comparison.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:20 pm

He was terrible. I bet even the GOP is embarrassed.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:18 pm

That’s right!

That would have been even more to the point.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:16 pm

Roskam is utterly incoherent.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:15 pm

Reconciliation was used to pass the Bush tax cuts — I wish Wolf had brought that up.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

Rep Roskam, who would think the Death Penalty is a “junior varsity issue”?

Are there any Republicans who have a working limpic brain?

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:12 pm

Canada still paid for it — that little detail got left out of the tirade, didn’t it?

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

“They don’t fly into Mayo and suddenly decide they’re going to spend a million dollars on the best health care.”

Love the Prez during this conference.

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 1:00 pm

Oooops — he just blew his own talking point.

“Coverage does not equal care.”

Yes, Senator Barrasso — that’s the point!

» Posted By nellie On February 25, 2010 @ 12:58 pm