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...will be no denying that Obama and his agenda played a role. Some conservatives are turned off by the Administration's enacted and proposed expansion of government; some liberals are demoralized by Obama's failure to push their agenda. A McDonnell win would serve as a check on Democratic momentum in a state Obama won in 2008 after no Democratic presidential candidate had been victorious there in a generation, and signal a modest GOP comeback against the tide of last year. (Watch a video about how Virginians voted in the 2008 presidential election...
...comments were such a departure from the official line that, as soon as reports of them began appearing, his office issued a statement attempting to take the edge off of them. "Our goals remain unchanged. We want to get health insurance reform done this year, and we have unprecedented momentum to achieve that," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. "There is no reason why we can't have a transparent and thorough debate in the Senate and still send a bill to the President by Christmas...
...House and the Senate pass their versions of the health care bill before leaving at the end of the year, and a conference committee begins its work while they are gone; a conference committee report, while controversial, would likely pass a Democratic Congress. If not, a loss of momentum could dampen the sense of inevitability that, as much as anything else, has brought health care reform to the point of being nearly within reach...
Hayes’ trip to the finals had a rocky beginning. The senior played in a three-set match in the first round before gaining momentum in later matches. He defeated Dartmouth’s Chris Ho, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, in the first round, the Big Green’s Curtis Roby, 7-6, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, and Brown’s Andrew Yazmer, 6-7, 6-2, 10-6, in the semifinals before losing to Freeman 6-4, 6,4 in the final round of Flight...
...extreme? I worried more that Congress wasn't listening to people who are very angry and frustrated. I thought that the smug, condescending attitude that many members of Congress had toward people who attended town halls was the very reason that the town halls were getting so much momentum. There is a tone deafness by members of Congress who breathe the rarified air of the Beltway and tend to think that they, in fact, are getting a full whiff of what America is thinking. I just truly believe that some of them need to get out more and spend time...