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...their children. Luntz's memo includes a road map to how to most effectively scare the bejeezus out of the American public when it comes to health care. Results show the phrase health care rationing frightened the most people, so Republicans are urged to sprinkle it around describing Democratic reform plans. It's also better to warn that Democrats want to put politicians in charge of health care, rather than bureaucrats: "Bureaucrats are scary - but at least they are professionals...
...politicians in charge of your health care." And not just any old politicians, but "federal bureaucrats, Washington lobbyists and out-of-touch politicians." Luntz even strings his creations together into mini-speeches on the topic, including phrases such as this soon-to-be C-SPAN classic: "We need targeted reform with measurable results that improves patient care - not a politicized, special interest-driven radical restructuring...
...widely credited for helping Republicans seize and maintain control of Congress in the 1990s, and many Luntzisms continue to be staples of Washington rhetoric (just think of how often you hear about "tax relief"). Every American has a stake in the massive battle coming over health care reform, and voters would be wise to understand the weapons deployed to sway public opinion on both sides. However, how to craft smart reform and find common ground to get it done remain crucial questions, and on those Luntz's memo is silent...
...that promises whomever Obama picks to replace retiring Justice David Souter a fairly easy path to confirmation, he can certainly liven up the proceedings. It's not even that Sessions is a dedicated antiabortion, antitax conservative, a vocal opponent of granting citizenship to illegal immigrants who helped tank immigration-reform efforts in 2005 and 2006. It's that he himself has quite a bit of history being on the other side of a bitter judicial nomination fight, one that he lost after being accused of holding some objectionable views on race. (See pictures from Obama's first 100 days...
Martinelli's party, Democratic Change, and other allies also won a comfortable majority in the National Assembly, which may make it easier for him to realize his aggressive reform agenda. That includes budget reductions, more business-friendly labor reforms as well as financial and tax changes. Still, Martinelli's affable but strong executive personality - he's known as an imperious, sometimes right-wing businessman accustomed to seeing his orders carried out immediately - will have to battle Panama's notoriously slow and entrenched government bureaucracy...