Free Market Not A Total Success i2.ytimg.com
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — President Obama strongly defended his idea for a government-sponsored health insurance plan at a town-hall meeting here today, saying "if the private insurance companies have to compete with a public option, it will keep them honest and it... More Has the free market failed the Health Care System?
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Election madness in Iran User provided
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huffingtonpost.com — Iran's hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public pre-election rally, accusing them of resorting to a smear campaign against him similar to the one used by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister.... More Will the election of Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi change Iran's nuclear ambitions?
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Doctors' Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan graphics8.nytimes...
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nytimes.com — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element... More Do you support or oppose a public health insurance plan?
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Republican Party in dismay. Steele losing complete control of GOP? User provided
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thinkprogress.org — Appearing on MSNBC in April, RNC Chairman Michael Steele unveiled a strange metaphor to highlight his view of Republican Party regional inclusiveness. Steele asked Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan to pretend they were all... More Is the GOP a party without leadership and out of control?
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Prog-Dems in an uproar over health care User provided
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huffingtonpost.com — A health care policy statement causing an uproar among progressives was drafted by two policy analysts with longtime connections to the health insurance industry. The paper, leaked by the organization Third Way Monday, rejects calls for a... More Do you support Public/Universal Health Care?
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The Risks And Rewards Of Taxing Health Benefits media.npr.org
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npr.org — For lawmakers looking for a way to fund a health care overhaul, employee benefits are a juicy target. Taxing those benefits could raise as much as $150 billion a year. But that's not what excites heath care economists: They say taxing... More Should health care benefits provided by employers be taxed?
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Germany Blasts 'Powers of the Fed' s.wsj.net
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online.wsj.com — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare public rebuke of central banks, suggested the European Central Bank and its counterparts in the U.S. and Britain have gone too far in fighting the financial crisis and may be laying the groundwork... More Are we headed towards hyper inflation?
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Tiller's Murder: How Will It Impact the Abortion Fight? img.timeinc.net
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time.com — George Tiller long ago erased the line between his private life and his public cause, turning his Wichita, Kans., clinic into ground zero in the fight over late-term abortions. Tiller, 67, lived with death threats and was shot in both arms... More Tiller's Murder: How Will It Impact the Abortion Fight?
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Isreal trying to ignore America User provided
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haaretz.com — Senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet reiterated Sunday that the government has rejected a U.S. demand to halt all activity in West Bank settlements, despite strongly-worded demands from the Obama administration to... More If the US loses Israel as a strong ally in the Middle East who will our governement turn to?
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Obamas have a date-night in NYC User provided
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Obama may hold the title of commander-in-chief, but on Saturday he donned another cap: Soccer dad. The president, dressed in jeans and a navy polo shirt, and first lady Michelle Obama ventured from the White... More Do yo think the presidential family (The Obamas) should have gone out on a date during a recession?
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