Obama’s Health Care Speech a High-Stakes Political Game

There does not appear to be much common ground within the Democratic Party as the president prepares for an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night in which he hopes to regain the momentum for passing health care reform legislation this year. Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Sep. 8, 2009

Lots of assumptions and unsupported claims in here that damage what could have been a decent opinion. The author perpetuates several falsehoods and inaccuracies about health care that have been widely disputed by conservatives and liberals. Anyone still defending Sarah Palin's death panel remark is not worth reading.

It tickles me to read someone calling the Democratic party divided when the only leg the GOP has to stand on is hysteria over health care. Indeed, ... More »

The left wing of the Democratic Party wants a single payer public system. More »

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by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 8, 2009

Speculative opinion piece on health care reform from the chief political correspondent for the American Thinker. The author tends to present his opinions as facts, making numerous assertions without backing them with factual evidence. The credibility of this article is also reduced by the repeated use of loaded language like 'left-wing zealots' and adjectives like 'undoubtedly', 'certain', and other terms that solely reflect the author's views, rather than verifiable facts. As a ... More »

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by Kelly Garrett - Sep. 8, 2009

While her characterization contained hyperbole, there was enough in the language of the bills and in the public statements of … the administration to suggest that ... More »

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