Now the bad news : -His approval rating is still mired in the 30s, at 38/32. For sake of comparison Elizabeth Dole was at 48% in August of 2007. -In addition to the other three Democrats we looked at, Burr is also up 43-27 on Chapel Hill …
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Public Policy Polling: Mixed News for Burr
The federal deficit increased by $180 billion in July alone. Rising to a record $1.27 trillion already, the deficit is heading towards $2 trillion by the end of the fiscal year.
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The Debt and Health Care Reform – Political Punch
Bill’s Wife. The only thing more pathetic than a politician who rode into public office on her husband’s coattails….
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small dead animals: Bill's Wife
We cannot allow this “just say no” crowd, offering so little meaningful for the conversation, to stop real, meaningful health care reform. Americans who are suffering under the current insurance industry must make their voices heard
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Health Care Mobs: Week #2 – Swampland – TIME.com
Designer and BB pal Ehrich Blackhound points us to a GOP infographic about the Democratic health care plan (PDF). Source: Joint Economic Committee, Republican Staff Congressman Kevin Brady, Ranking House Republican Member, …
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US Health Care debate: scary Republican infographic countered by …
This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools. If there is some urgency in the message, it is due to the current reform efforts …
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Schools Matter: Education Based on a Democratic Ethic?
The results of the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll are a major warning sign for Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress. On some key issues, the gains that Democrats had made on Republicans in the las.
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New poll is bad, bad news for Obama, Democrats | Washington Examiner
As I’ve made clear on a couple of occasions, I think there has generally been too much panic over the process of getting a health care reform bill before the Congress. Given a bill as expensive and complicated as this one, …
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Obama, Democrats Flunking …
President Obama’s trip to Raleigh on Wednesday is the latest indication of an intense and unusual political battle in the middle of summer in North Carolina – the fight over the president’s plan to overhaul the nation’s health care …
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Health care battle lines take shape across N.C. …