Word: democratic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...economists who are advising the presidential candidates on health care policy discussed the merits of each candidate’s plans at a debate held at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School yesterday. Economics professor David M. Cutler, a senior advisor to Democrat Barack Obama, and University of Chicago economist Tomas J. Philipson addressed the issues of high costs of health care, centralized versus privatized care, and the role that technology can play in improving health care outcomes. Both Cutler and Philipson cited affordability and accesibility as top priorities. Moderated by Petrie-Flom fellow Allison K. Hoffman...
...will likely sign on reluctantly as well. But even with Barack Obama calling some of the Blue Dogs to get their support, not all of them have been convinced. "I don't believe this bill is the right medicine to cure the disease," says Rep. Jim Matheson, a Utah Democrat who co-chairs the Blue Dogs. "The Senate version is even worse. It's larded up with more debt and doesn't include long-term reform language that would prevent this kind of crisis from happening again." Matheson, who voted against the first bill, remains a solid...
...mess and looks into tightening regulations to prevent a similar collapse. "Whatever we do today will start a process that will hopefully get us where we need to be in the not too distant future," says Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 House Democrat. Members and candidates are now free to get back to the campaign trail for the final month before Election Day, but they are all mindful of the cost, both political and economic, of the crisis...
...actor shares Moore's blocky build but not his politics: in real life, Farley is a Republican. So are the actors who play three ghosts who visit Malone to awaken his patriotism--Kelsey Grammer as George Patton, Jon Voight as George Washington and Chriss Anglin as Republicans' favorite Democrat, John F. Kennedy. Conservative country singer Trace Adkins shows up as the angel of death, and Bill O'Reilly plays another imposing figure: himself. To persuade Malone, the ghosts frighten him with visions of classic liberal villains--zombie ACLU lawyers staggering into court, Ivy League professors singing a ditty about being...
Colorado is lovely in the fall. But by all rights, it shouldn't be on a Democratic presidential candidate's travel schedule once October rolls around. In the past 40 years, only one Democrat has claimed the state's electoral votes. Democrats trail both Republicans and independents in party registration. Outside of Birkenstock-and-muesli enclaves like Boulder, Colorado is still culturally a frontier state...