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The contrast between the Republican and Democratic presentations at the health care summit is telling. The Republican leaders, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, said very little; they let their members with health care expertise do the talking. The Republican delegation had an average age of 60; it included three medical...
Oh, wait a minute. That didn't happen. Reid did make a statement; it was filled with platitudes, anchored by an emotional anecdote. It was the sort of statement that seemed old a year ago, when the health care reform death march began. It did nothing to advance the negotiations...
It should be noted that the Republican position on health care has been outrageous. The party's real goal has been to stop any and all legislation for political reasons - to deny Obama a major victory. To that end, Republicans have purposely mischaracterized the Democratic plan from the start - as...
The insidious cleverness of the Republican blocking strategy demanded a more precise Democratic response. It demanded more forceful leadership from the President, to be sure. It demanded a brisk, disciplined legislative process. But that seems well beyond the capacity of the current Democratic leaders. The most egregious example was Reid...
The Diggers Society hosted its first event, a student lecture series, on February 5. Topics included democratic theory, flight map reading, modern Hebrew, and even happiness.